| Hamlet is away
at University when he hears that his father, the King of Denmark, has suddenly
died, and his mother, Gertrude, has married his Uncle Claudius. He is recalled
to Denmark where he seethes, consumed with grief and anger. Haunted
by the ghost of his father, Hamlet becomes obsessed with the idea that
his uncle murdered his father and that his mother has been disloyal, and
that he must avenge his father’s death. His strange behavior at court
leads to his family believing that his love for Ophelia is driving him
to distraction. When Hamlet has a traveling group of actors perform
a scene that closely resembles the murder of his father, Claudius arranges
to have him sent to England and killed.
The plan is thwarted and
in the meantime Ophelia, confused, heartbroken and bereft of her father
Polonius – who has been accidentally killed by Hamlet – drowns herself.
Claudius convinces her brother Laertes to challenge Hamlet to a duel, and
the play concludes with a frantic swordfight laced with poisoned wine and
tragic death.
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