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Hamlet

The document summarizes the plot of Shakespeare's play Hamlet in 5 acts. It describes Hamlet learning from the ghost of his father that Claudius murdered him. Hamlet decides to feign madness to investigate. He stages a play mimicking the murder and watches Claudius' reaction. Hamlet ultimately confronts and kills Claudius, but is fatally poisoned in the process.

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Hamlet

The document summarizes the plot of Shakespeare's play Hamlet in 5 acts. It describes Hamlet learning from the ghost of his father that Claudius murdered him. Hamlet decides to feign madness to investigate. He stages a play mimicking the murder and watches Claudius' reaction. Hamlet ultimately confronts and kills Claudius, but is fatally poisoned in the process.

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Act I

Late at night, guards on the battlements of Denmark's Elsinore castle are met by Horatio, Prince Hamlet's friend
from school. The guards describe a ghost they have seen that resembles Hamlet's father, the recently-deceased
king. At that moment, the Ghost reappears, and the guards and Horatio decide to tell Hamlet.

Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, married Hamlet's recently-widowed mother, becoming the new King of Denmark. Hamlet
continues to mourn for his father's death and laments his mother's lack of loyalty. When Hamlet hears of the
Ghost from Horatio, he wants to see it for himself.

Elsewhere, the royal attendant Polonius says farewell to his son Laertes, who is departing for France. Laertes warns
his sister, Ophelia, away from Hamlet and thinking too much of his attentions towards her.

This above all: to thine own self be true.

— HAMLET, ACT 1 SCENE 3

The Ghost appears to Hamlet, claiming indeed to be the ghost of his father. He tells Hamlet about how Claudius,
the current King and Hamlet's uncle, murdered him, and Hamlet swears vengeance for his father. Hamlet decides
to feign madness while he tests the truth of the Ghost's allegations (always a good idea in such situations).

Act II

According to his plan, Hamlet begins to act strangely. He rejects Ophelia, while Claudius and Polonius, the royal
attendant, spy on him. They had hoped to find the reason for Hamlet's sudden change in behaviour but could not.
Claudius summons Guildenstern and Rosencrantz, old friends of Hamlet to find out what's got into him. Their
arrival coincides with a group of travelling actors that Hamlet happens to know well. Hamlet writes a play which
includes scenes that mimic the murder of Hamlet's father. During rehearsal, Hamlet and the actors plot to present
Hamlet's play before the King and Queen.

Act III

At the performance, Hamlet watches Claudius closely to see how he reacts. The play provokes Claudius, and he
interrupts the action by storming out. He immediately resolves to send Hamlet away. Hamlet is summoned by his
distressed mother, Gertrude, and on the way, he happens upon Claudius kneeling and attempting to pray. Hamlet
reasons that to kill the King now would only send his soul to heaven rather than hell. Hamlet decides to spare his
life for the time being.

Polonius hides in Gertrude's room to protect her from her unpredicatable son. When Hamlet arrives to scold his
mother, he hears Polonius moving behind the arras (a kind of tapestry). He stabs the tapestry and, in so doing, kills
Polonius. The ghost of Hamlet's father reappears and warns his son not to delay revenge or upset his mother.

What a piece of work is man!

— HAMLET, ACT 2 SCENE 2

Act IV

Hamlet is sent to England, supposedly as an ambassador, just as King Fortinbras of Norway crosses Denmark with
an army to attack Poland. During his journey, Hamlet discovers Claudius has a plan to have him killed once he
arrives. He returns to Denmark alone, sending his companions Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths in his
place.
Rejected by Hamlet, Ophelia is now desolate at the loss of her father. She goes mad and drowns.

What dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause.

— HAMLET, ACT 3 SCENE 1

Act V

On the way back to Denmark, Hamlet meets Horatio in the graveyard (along with a gravedigger), where they talk of
the chances of life and death. Ophelia's funeral procession arrives at the very same graveyard (what luck!). Hamlet
confronts Laertes, Ophelia's brother, who has taken his father's place at the court.

A duel is arranged between Hamlet and Laertes. During the match, Claudius conspires with Laertes to kill Hamlet.
They plan that Hamlet will die either on a poisoned rapier or with poisoned wine. The plans go awry when
Gertrude unwittingly drinks from the poisoned cup and dies. Then both Laertes and Hamlet are wounded by the
poisoned blade, and Laertes dies.

Hamlet, in his death throes, kills Claudius. Hamlet dies, leaving only his friend Horatio to explain the truth to the
new king, Fortinbras, as he returns in victory from the Polish wars

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