Scarica Riassunto di Amleto di Shakespeare e più Appunti in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! HAMLET The plot • FIRST ACT—>Hamlet's father, the King of Denmark, has been dead for only two months, but his mother, Queen Gertrude, has married her brother-in-law, Claudius (the brother of the ex king of Denmark) who has now become a king. A ghost, resembling Hamleto (ex king pf Denmark), has appeared to sentries at the castle of Elsinore, armed for a possible attack from Fortinbras, Prince of Norway. Hamlet and his friend Horatio arrange a night meeting to see if the ghost will appear. The ghost (of king Hamlet) appears: he tells to his son Hamlet that he was murdered by Claudius (his brother) who poured poison in his ear while he was sleeping in his orchard. So Hamlet asks to the ghost to revenge him, but not to revenge his mother Gertrude. • SECOND ACT—>Hamlet pretends (fa finta) that is mad, because in this way he can realize his plans more easily. Polonius, Laerte and Ophelia's father and the king's counsellor, thinks that Hamlet's madness is caused by his love for Ophelia. Hamlet says to troupe of actors, who came to entertain the court, to to perform The Murder of Gonzago: a play whose story is similar to the story revealed by the ghost (infact Gonzago rapresents Hamlet). • THIRD ACT—> When the actors rapresent “the Murder of Gonzago”, King Claudius feeling discovered and runs away. Hamlet goes to his mother's bedroom and, during an argument (discussione) with her, kills Polonius, hidden behind a curtain to overhear their conversation. The king decides to send Hamlet to England, to get rid of him (per sbarazzarsi di lui). • FOURTH ACT—> Hamlet is sent to England to be killed, while Ophelia due to Polonius' death became mad and drowns herself. Laertes, Ophelia's brother, wants revenge for his father's murder... while the king, recived the news that Hamlet was escaped, plots (trama) his death in a duel with Laertes. • FIFTH ACT—>The duel takes place. To make sure that Hamlet dies, the king prepares a poison and also puts that poison on the tip of Laertes's sword (sulla punta della spada di Laerte). But Hamlet doesn't want to drink the wine, which his mother then drinks, so she dies. Laertes hits (colpisce) Hamlet with the poisoned tip of his sword (la punta avvelenata della sua spada)...but when Hamlet and Laerte exchange their swords, Hamlet hits Laertes--> Laertes falls and denounces the king, who is stabbed (stabbed) by Hamlet--> so the king and Laertes die both. Hamlet asks Horatio to tell his story, and reccomends him that Fortinbras has to be elected King of Denmark. Then Hamlet dies too. Fortinbras becames King, after having given military honours to Hamlet.