REPORT: HAMLET

It is a work written by the English playwright William Shakespeare.

between the years 1599 and 1601.

The story takes place in the Kingdom of Denmark, during the Middle Ages.
Media with the reign of Hamlet, recently deceased due to
a supposed snake bite. According to reports, the reptile attacked
the man while he was taking a nap in his garden, that's why not
wounds or signs of his death were found.

Shortly thereafter, Gertrudis, the widow, marries her

brother-in-law Claudio, brother of the deceased king and now proclaimed king
Danish. From this begins the account of various events that
they will take to the end of the tragedy.

Characters of the work:

Claudio, new king of Denmark

Gertrude, Queen of Denmark

Hamlet, Danish prince

Fortimbrás, Norwegian prince

Shadow of King Hamlet

Polonium, sommelier of the corpus

Laertes, son of Polonius

Ofelia, daughter of Polonius

Horacio, close friend of the Prince

Courtiers (Voltiman, Cornelio, Ricardo, Guillermo, Enrique)

Marcelo, Bernardo, Francisco.

Reinaldo, Polonius's servant

Ambassadors of England (2)

A priest

A gentleman
 A captain

A guard

A servant

Sailors (2)

Gravediggers (2)

Comics (4)

ACT 1

The play begins in Elsinore Palace, at night, where

guarding the entrance are Bernardo, Francisco and then
Horacio and Marcelo. They have observed a figure similar to
a ghost appearing in the royal grounds, which upon approaching them
they notice the shadow of the deceased king Hamlet, dressed in armor like
announcing conflicts and changes in the reign. Horatio tries
to communicate, to talk to him, but he gets no answers and the figure behind
to show themselves for the second time, he leaves. The courtiers decide
to tell Hamlet what happened.

The young prince, upon learning that his father has died, returns from
England where I was studying at the School of Wittenberg.

After this, Claudio gathers in the castle to mourn the death

with her brother, and at the same time happily marries with
the widow Gertrude. There enters Prince Hamlet, sad about
the death of his father and yearning for his own death because of it
suffering and pain.

The fact that her mother is getting married just one month after the
wake, causes great frustration in Hamlet as he accuses her of infidelity and
disloyal, so much so that he will come to despise her and her beloved Ofelia.
I also hate his uncle who tries to call him son or cousin.

Laertes, son of Polonius, obtains the king's permission to return to

Francia to fight. In her farewell, she speaks with her sister Ofelia, she
she warns along with her father to end her relationship with Hamlet
because he is a man of high rank and will not be able to marry her.
Polonius advises his son as he bids farewell with teachings and
explanations.
Hamlet along with courtiers and Horatio prepare to see La
shadow and finally being able to communicate, at the same time as in the
A party is celebrated among the new kings at the castle.

At midnight, the figure appears for the third time, and that is when
the Prince follows him alone to the forest after identifying him as
his father. He reveals to him the truth of what happened, that his uncle is the
culpable of his death by having introduced lethal poison into his ear
left. Finally, he demands revenge from his son but without harming his
mother, may he remember it forever and may it make them swear so much to
Hamlet like Horatio and Marcellus who will not tell anything about it.
occurred. And thus his wish is fulfilled by swearing before the cross of the sword
of Hamlet.

ACT 2

That night, young Ofelia tells her father that the prince entered.
in her room and grabbed her by the wrist while saying words
rare.

Polonius goes to the king with Ophelia to tell him what happened and
They determine that Hamlet has become suspicious that it is because of his love.
unrequited.

In addition, news arrives that Fortinbras suppressed the attempts of his

nephew to attack Denmark, satisfied Claudio allows the passage
of the young Fortimbrás with his army heading to Poland.

ACT 3

Young Hamlet stars in a performance before the royal presence,

where Ofelia is also found, whom he verbally attacks
saying that women are unfaithful and advises him to go to a
nunnery.

In light of this, the king decides to send his nephew on a journey to England.
supposedly to get better, but he also wants to get it out of
on top fearing that he will betray him.

That night, Hamlet stars in 'The Mousetrap' in which he recreates under

different contexts the death of his father and the new marriage of
his mother, making the king nervous and convincing himself that it is the
murderer. Polonius advises Hamlet to speak with his mother to
solve things.

The cruel king, with his remorse and his guilty conscience
decide to pray on his knees alone, there Hamlet sees him and has the opportunity
to kill him, but decides to wait so that everyone knows that Claudio is
the guilty one and deal with him at another time.

As requested, the prince visits Gertrudis in her room and the

attacks with strong words and harsh reproaches, there is also
hidden Polonius who, upon perceiving Hamlet's violence, asks for help and,
Hamlet, confusing him with Claudio, stabs him with his sword and kills him.
After this, the Shadow of the deceased king appears and reprimands his son for
the mistake she made. Gertrudis horrified believes that her son has
crazy, but this reveals his sanity and makes him keep in
secret about his false state of madness to Claudio. Upon learning that he will be sent
In England, Hamlet distrusts Richard and William and accuses them of
traitors for obeying the king.

As the English kingdom is under Danish rule, Claudio sends

letters to the king of that country asking to kill Hamlet when
I arrived.

After the death of Polonius, his daughter Ophelia falls into a state of madness.
and mental disorder, as well as a great anger in Laertes who returns
from France with followers, wanting to avenge his father, blaming
Claudio for death. He cleverly shows him that he is
innocent and that the guilty one is none other than Hamlet.

At that moment, they learn that, surprisingly, the Prince is going

to return from his trip because he was taken prisoner on a ship
pirate and they will send him back. Upon learning this, Claudio plans the
perfect occasion for Hamlet to die and for Laertes to be able to
take revenge. The fact would take place after a fencing match, in the
Laertes will have his poisoned sword, and if this does not work, I will...
they would also give a poisoned chalice to refresh themselves.

Queen Gertrude enters the place to announce that Ophelia has

drowned in the lake, after falling from a tree. In the cemetery, they are found
the kings, Laertes, alongside the priests where they bury the body
and wandering with Horatio, there was also Hamlet, who when
listen to Laertes weep for his sister, he enters the scene and begins
a fight between both. Claudio calms Laertes by reminding him
that the next day he will kill him in the fencing match.
In the next scene, the prince tells Horatio about his experiences in
edge of the boat. He tells her that he found a letter from Claudio for the purpose of
that Hamlet dies. Then he forges the letter with the seal of his
father, sending to kill the bearers of it. After
this, escape.

FINAL SCENE

The fight begins with trumpets, drums, and a lot of people in the
salon. Hamlet apologizes for being mistaken with Laertes and attacking him.
in his madness, and Laertes falsely accepts his apologies. When
the mourning begins, King Claudius toasts with wine with Hamlet and in
secret prepares the poisoned chalice. Hamlet reaches Laertes with
a thrust, and Claudio, worried about Hamlet's success, offers him
the poisoned cup. He refuses to drink. Instead, the Queen
Gertrudis takes the chalice and drinks, making a toast to good luck.
of his son. Laertes wounds Hamlet with the poisoned sword. In a
strange movement, the Prince keeps both swords and cuts to
Laertes with the poisoned weapon. Queen Gertrude falls dead from it.
poisoned chalice and tells his son that the cup had poison in it. In the
tumult, Laertes, badly wounded and dying confesses to Hamlet that the
the sword, which wounded both, contained a deadly poison and they would die in
little time. Taking the poisoned rapier, Hamlet stabs and kills
King Claudio. Laertes and Hamlet forgive each other and then
Laertes dies. With his last breath, Hamlet asks Horatio to
Tell the whole story. A march can be heard from afar and Hamlet
You know that the young Fortimbrás is marching to attack the kingdom,
on their return journey. Because the entire line of descent
real has been killed, Hamlet uses her dying voice to support
Fortimbrás as the next elected king in Denmark. Finally
Hamlet dies. The ambassadors from England arrive on the scene.
eager to tell King Claudius that his execution order has been
carried out: Ricardo and Guillermo are dead. Discouraged the
deceived ambassadors, Horacio reveals to them that the order was
falsified. The real corpses are collected and Fortinbras grants him
a Hamlet an honorable funeral procession of soldiers. A witness of
all the tragedy, Horacio promises to tell the story of Hamlet to the kingdom
and the world.