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ELEMENT OF FICTION (Hamlet)

The document summarizes key elements of the Shakespearean play Hamlet, including the plot, characters, point of view, and setting. The plot involves Prince Hamlet learning his father was murdered, staging a play to confirm his uncle's guilt, accidentally killing Polonius, and ultimately confronting his uncle in a fencing match where the entire royal family meets their end. The main characters include Hamlet, his uncle Claudius, his mother Gertrude, and his love interest Ophelia. The story is told from a third-person point of view set in the royal palace of Elsinore, Denmark during the late Middle Ages.

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ELEMENT OF FICTION (Hamlet)

The document summarizes key elements of the Shakespearean play Hamlet, including the plot, characters, point of view, and setting. The plot involves Prince Hamlet learning his father was murdered, staging a play to confirm his uncle's guilt, accidentally killing Polonius, and ultimately confronting his uncle in a fencing match where the entire royal family meets their end. The main characters include Hamlet, his uncle Claudius, his mother Gertrude, and his love interest Ophelia. The story is told from a third-person point of view set in the royal palace of Elsinore, Denmark during the late Middle Ages.

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ELEMENT OF FICTION

Muhammad Nurfakhri Wijayanto


2020.111.037
1. Plot

 Exposition
The exposition in this story is started when Hamlet who is studying in Wittenberg found out
that his father is passed away by a snake bite and his mother is already remarried to Hamlet's
uncle Claudius, later that day Horatio/Hamlet friend from Wittenberg is telling Hamlet about
the King's Ghost that appeared every night.

 Rising Action
The rising point of this story is begin when Hamlet and Horatio are seeking the King's ghost
and the ghost told Hamlet to seek revenge on his uncle for the death of The King, having a
dilemma between believing the word of a ghost or not, Hamlet staged a play to trap his uncle
and make sure that his uncle is the killer, seeing that his uncle is distressed during the play
makes Hamlet sure that the murderer of his father is Claudius.
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 Climax
The climax of the story happens when Hamlet mistakenly stabs Polonius to death in the King's
Chamber thinking that he killed Claudius, after he did this Hamlet is accused of treachery and
brings himself to a conflict with Claudius.

 Resolution
The resolution happens when he escapes from being executed in England just to found that
Ophelia, his lover already dies, during his return to Denmark Hamlet is confronted by Laertes
who believes that the causes of his father and sister death are Hamlet, which lead to a fencing
match where all of the royal family is killed.
2. Characters

 Hamlet
Hamlet is a Prince of Denmark, son of Queen Gertrude and King Hamlet, had a dispute about
his mother quick remarriage with his uncle, Claudius, and in a complicated affair with Ophelia
 Claudius
Hamlet uncle, stepfather, and the new king, always craving power, at the end of the story he is
killed by Hamlet with a poisonous sword
 Ophelia
Polonius daughter, Laertes Sister, and Hamlet [Link] is very obedient and reliant towards
her brother and father eventually goes crazy by being torn apart between her family and her
lover. Consequently committed suicide

 Gertrude

The Queen of Denmark and mother of Hamlet, later died because of drinking the poisonous
wine that used to trap Hamlet
2. Characters

 Horatio
Hamlet best friend, he stays loyal to Hamlet throughout his entire life and almost kill himself
but stay alive to tell others what happened as Hamlet wishes

 Laertes
Polonius son and Ophelia brother, overprotective over his sisters, after he finds out about what
happens about Ophelia he insists to fight with Hamlet at her grave, end up killed by Hamlet
with a poisonous sword during their duel

 The Ghost
The spirit of Hamlet's father who plans to seek revenge on his brother through Hamlet
3. Point Of View

 This story is written in third person point of view, In third person point of view, the
narrator exists outside of the story and addresses the characters by name

4. Settings

 The setting of the story is set in royal palaco of Elsinore, a city in Demark on the late
middle age (14th and 15th centuries, or 1300 to 1499)

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