Early on in the play, the ghost of Hamlet’s father appears to Hamlet and tells him that Claudius murdered him for the throne, then charges Hamlet with avenging the murder. After the death of Hamlet’s father and Claudius’s brother, the former king, Claudius married his brother’s wife, Gertrude, and assumed the throne of Denmark-much to Hamlet’s chagrin and suspicion. Hamlet’s uncle and stepfather, and the new King of Denmark.
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