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HAMLET
The action takes place in Denmark around year 1200. The queen becomes
a widow after the king Hamlet's death. Two month later she gets married.
Her husband is the king Hamlet's brother,Claudius.But the young Hamlet is
deeply sad and he wears all the time black clothers.He is very suspicious
about his father's death and he thinks his step father is the murder
because he spoke to his dead father's ghost.
The ghost told him that the king wants's revenge. Hamlet is very
confused almost gets mad. He is afraid of that his stepfather could watch
him and Hamlet pretends to be mad so that nobody should be surprised at
what he does or says.
Polonius, Ophelia's father is told to watch Hamlet. But when a group
actor come to Ellsinore Hamlet thinks of a trick the actors will perform a
play where Claudius kills his father. When Ophelia hears his idea is
convinced that Hamlet is really mad. Claudius agrees the performance and
the play begins. During the performance the king is not calm. Hamlet
watches Claudius reaction and the play is interrupted by Claudius leaving.
The queen is upset and calls for Hamlet .In her room Polonius hides himself
behind a curtain. When Hamlet comes in, he thinks that the king is hidden
behind that curtain and he stabs Polonius instead of the king Claudius.
Ophelia is so disturbed so that she drowns her self in a river .Her brother
wants to revenge his sister's death. Meanwhile, Hamlet is send by the king
to England but he succeeds to come back and Claudius arranges that a cup of
poisoned wine should be drink by Hamlet and also a duel between his step
son and Leartes poisoning the rapier. The queen drinks from the wine and
she dies. Hamlet is wounded and poisoned exchanges the weapons with Laertes
and stabs the king who dies, too.
So the king Hamlet is revenged. The last wish of Hamlet is that
Fortinbras should become the king of Denmark.
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