Fictional Danish people

literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen

Ophelia ( ) is a character in William Shakespeare's drama Hamlet (1599–1601). She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and potential wife of Prince Hamlet. Due to Hamlet's actions, Ophelia ultimately becomes mad and drowns.

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character in Shakespeare's play Hamlet

Polonius is a character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. He is the chief counsellor of the play's ultimate villain, Claudius, and the father of Laertes and Ophelia. Generally regarded as wrong in every judgment he makes over the course of the play, Polonius is described by William Hazlitt as a "sincere" father, but also "a busy-body, [who] is accordingly officious, garrulous, and impertinent". In Act II, Hamlet refers to Polonius as a "tedious old fool" and taunts him as a latter day "Jephtha".

Danish comedic duo (1921-1940)

character in Shakespeare's Hamlet

thumb|The Young Lord Hamlet (Philip Hermogenes Calderon, 1868), depicting a living Yorick bearing the young prince on his back. Yorick is an unseen character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. He is the dead court jester whose skull is exhumed by the First Gravedigger in Act 5, Scene 1, of the play. The sight of Yorick's skull evokes a reminiscence by Prince Hamlet of the man, who apparently played a role during Hamlet's upbringing: Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorre

character in Shakespeare's Hamlet

characters in Hamlet

ghost in Shakespeare's play Hamlet

character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet

Danish comic series

character in William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet

thumb|400px|right|"No good deed goes unpunished" is the subtitle of this ''Ferd'nand [[Sunday strip (March 5, 2000). Henrik Rehr, who took over the strip in 1989, uses the signature "Rehr.Mik".]] '''Ferd'nand''''' is a Danish pantomime comic notable for its lack of word balloons and captions and its longevity (over seven decades). It was created by Henning Dahl Mikkelsen and first published in 1937 and new strips continued until the third cartoonist to draw it (Henrik Rehr) left the strip in 2006.