This is Ophelia's madscene. It establishes that Ophelia has gone over the edge but also has the more important action in which Laertes confronts Claudius, and is persuaded by him to take his revenge against the person who really killed Polonius, which would be Hamlet. This scene provides the basis on which the final denouement is based.
The Ghost reveals how Claudius murdered him and Hamlet swears vengeance. [It is the inciting incident of the play.]
Which Act?
The poisoned tip of Laertes' blade cuts Hamlet in their duel in Act V; thus Laertes is the direct cause of Hamlet's death.
Hamlet doesn't kill the king in Act 4. He kills him in Act 5. Hamlet doesn't kill anyone in Act 4 and in fact he is offstage for most of the Act.Hamlet doesn't kill the king in Act 4. He kills him in Act 5. He doesn't kill anyone in Act 4 and is in fact offstage for most of the Act.
Polonius dies in Act 3. Ophelia dies offstage in Act 4; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern die offstage sometime after Act 4. Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude and Laertes all die in Act 5.
they all die
The skull of Yorick
The poisoned tip of Laertes' blade cuts Hamlet in their duel in Act V; thus Laertes is the direct cause of Hamlet's death.
The beginning plot of Hamlet ended in the last scene of Act 5.
Hamlet doesn't kill the king in Act 4. He kills him in Act 5. Hamlet doesn't kill anyone in Act 4 and in fact he is offstage for most of the Act.Hamlet doesn't kill the king in Act 4. He kills him in Act 5. He doesn't kill anyone in Act 4 and is in fact offstage for most of the Act.
The Ghost, in Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 5
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Polonius dies in Act 3. Ophelia dies offstage in Act 4; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern die offstage sometime after Act 4. Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude and Laertes all die in Act 5.
they all die
The setting for Act 5 Scene 1 of Hamlet is a graveyard. This sorts with the theme of death which has been flowing through the play.
The skull of Yorick
Horatio. (Act 5, Scene 2, line 327) He's referring to the death of Hamlet.
It is the first act in a play named Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare.
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