Hamlet
PLOT:
The tragedy is set in the Elsionore’s royal castle,Denmark, between 14° and 15° century.
When Hamlet’s father, the old King of Denmark, died, his brother Claudius became the
new king. After only a few weeks, Claudius married Gertrude, the old king’s wife. Hamlet
angry with his mother because she remarried so quickly. One cold, dark night on the walls
of Elsinore Castle, a friend of Hamlet’s saw the ghost of the hamlet’s father. The friend told
Hamlet about the ghost and that night hamlet see and talk with father’s ghost. The father
say that even if people think that he was killed by poisonous snake, the truth is that he
was murdered by his brother Claudius. Hamlet was full of anger and hatred. He wanted to
kill Claudius, but he was indecisive. He started behaving strangely and Claudius began to
suspect that hamlet knew something.
Polonius, the king’s counsellor, think Hamlet’s madness is caused by his love for his
daughter Ophelia. Hamlet wants to stage a tragedy; The Murther of Gonzago (a play within
the play),similar to that of his father to intimidate Caudius. During an argument with his
mother, Hamlet heard a noise behind a curtain. He was suspicious and thought it was
Claudius. He took out his sword and killed the person behind the curtain. But it was not
Claudius, it was Polonius.
Claudius sent Hamlet to England to get rid of him. While he was there, Ophelia went mad
and killed herself. Soon, Laertes, Ophelia’s brother, arrived in Elsinore. He blamed Hamlet
for the deaths of his father and sister, and challenged him. Claudius wanted hamlet to lose
and so he poisoned Laerte’s sword. He also prepared a glass of poisoned wine to give to
hamlet in case he won.
The fight began. During the fight, hamlet’s mother, Gertrude drank some the poisoned
wine from hamlet’s cup. Hamlet cut Laertes told hamlet that his sword and the wine were
poisoned and that it was Claudius, and then died himself. Then Hamlet force Claudius to
drink the poisoned wine, and Claudius die.
Before die Hamlet ask Horatio to tell his history to the young prince of Norway that, at the
end, takes possession of the kingdom.
CHARACTER
Hamlet - The Prince of Denmark, the title character, and the protagonist. About thirty
years old at the start of the play, Hamlet is the son of Queen Gertrude and the late King
Hamlet, and the nephew of the present king, Claudius. Hamlet is melancholy, bitter, and
cynical, full of hatred for his uncle’s scheming and disgust for his mother’s sexuality.
Claudius - The King of Denmark, Hamlet’s uncle, and the play’s antagonist. The villain
of the play, Claudius is a calculating, ambitious politician, driven by his sexual appetites
and his lust for power, but he occasionally shows signs of guilt and human feeling—his
love for Gertrude, for instance, seems sincere.
Gertrude - The Queen of Denmark, Hamlet’s mother, recently married to Claudius.
Gertrude loves Hamlet deeply, but she is a shallow, weak woman who seeks affection
and status more urgently than moral rectitude or truth.
Polonius - The Lord Chamberlain of Claudius’s court, a pompous, conniving old man.
Polonius is the father of Laertes and Ophelia.
Horatio - Hamlet’s close friend, who studied with the prince at the university in
Wittenberg. Horatio is loyal and helpful to Hamlet throughout the play. After Hamlet’s
death, Horatio remains alive to tell Hamlet’s story.
