Rosencrantz
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Rosencrantz is a minor courtier and former schoolmate of Prince Hamlet who, along with Guildenstern, is used by King Claudius to spy on Hamlet in Shakespeare’s tragedy "Hamlet."
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean character
ⓘ
courtier ⓘ fictional character ⓘ supporting character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptation | film adaptations of Hamlet ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | stage play ⓘ |
| appearsWith | Guildenstern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Danish court ⓘ |
| betrays | Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
compliant
ⓘ
obsequious ⓘ somewhat foolish ⓘ |
| closeAssociateOf | Guildenstern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectiveName | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | execution in England ⓘ |
| diesOffstageIn | Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Hamlet, Act II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friendOf | Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasCompanionCharacter | Guildenstern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedByDecisionOf | Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Early Modern English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Elizabethan drama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loyalTo | King Claudius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Hamlet, Act V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
agent of surveillance
ⓘ
foil to Hamlet ⓘ |
| nationality | Danish ⓘ |
| occupation | courtier ⓘ |
| receivesDocument | letter ordering Hamlet’s death ⓘ |
| reimaginedInWorkBy | Tom Stoppard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipToProtagonist | tool of the antagonist ⓘ |
| schoolmateOf | Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sentBy |
King Claudius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queen Gertrude NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves | King Claudius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| task |
discover cause of Hamlet’s madness
ⓘ
spy on Hamlet ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| victimOf | Hamlet’s alteration of the letter ⓘ |
| workAuthorNationality | English ⓘ |
| workSetting | Elsinore Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Mousetrap (play-within-a-play)