Hamlet;<span>a young Dane who jumps to conclusions and makes resolutions rashly
</span>Ophelia;<span>simple, innocent, obedient
</span>Claudius;<span>shrewd, practical, and materialistic
</span>Gertrude;<span>weak rather than evil
</span>Laertes ;<span> intelligent and idealistic
</span>Polonius;<span>considers appearances more important than quality of character
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern;<span>no-to-be-trusted friends
</span><span>Horatio;</span>
Stravinsky worked in the same way, in fact, throughout his life, and the same basic principles of construction and dynamics inform Threni and the Requiem Canticles as Petrushka and The Rite of Spring. He had immense influence on the way later composers have felt pulse, rhythm, and form.
