Summary of Hamlet :: Hamlet William Shakespeare Plays Essays

Summary of crossroads village is the son of the late King critical point (of Denmark), who died two months before the scram of the play. after(prenominal) King settlements death, his chum, Claudius, becomes king, and marries King Hamlets widow, Gertrude (Queen of Denmark). Young Hamlet fears that Claudius killed his own brother (Hamlets father) to become king of Denmark, greatly angering Hamlet. Two officers, Marcellus and Barnardo, summon Hamlets friend Horatio, and afterward Hamlet himself to see the late King Hamlets ghost appear at midnight. The ghost tells Hamlet privately that Claudius had indeed murdered King Hamlet by pouring poison in his ear. Hamlet is further raging and plots of how to r heretoforege his fathers death.In his anger, Hamlet seems to act like a madman, prompting King Claudius, his wife Gertrude, and his advisor Polonius to send Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spy on Hamlet and figure out why he is playacting mad. Hamlet even treats Polonius daughter O phelia rudely, prompting Polonius to believe Hamlet is madly in get by with her, though Claudius expects otherwise. Polonius, a man who talks too long- windedly, had allowed his son Laertes to go to France (then sent Reynaldo to spy on Laertes) and had ordered Ophelia not to associate with Hamlet. Claudius, fearing Hamlet may try to kill him, sends Hamlet to England. Before leaving, however, Hamlet convinces an acting company to reenact King Hamlets death before Claudius, in the hopes of make Claudius to break down and admit to murdering King Hamlet. Though Claudius is enraged, he does not admit to murder. Hamlets mother tries to reason with Hamlet after the play, while Polonius spied on them from behind a curtain. Hamlet hears Polonius, and kills him through the curtain, thinking the person is Claudius. When purpose out the truth, Hamlet regrets the death, yet Claudius still sends him to England, accompanied by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with orders from Claudius that the Engl ish kill Hamlet as soon as her arrives.After Hamlet leaves, Laertes returns from France, enraged over Polonius death. Ophelia reacts to her fathers death with utter madness and at last falls in a stream and drowns, further angering Laertes. En pass to England, Hamlet finds the orders and changes them to order Rosencrantz and Guildenstern killed, as does occur, though Hamlet is kidnapped by pirates ane day later. The pirates return Hamlet to Claudius (for a ransom), and Claudius tries one last search to eliminate Hamlet he arranges a sword duel mingled with Laertes and Hamlet.