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A cowardly plot by father, Hamlet tried to

corrupt King Claudius force a confession out of
ended tragically today, his Uncle with a special
with the entire Royal theatre performance. But
Family dead by poison. the plan backfired when
Hamlet accidentally
This appalling massacre killed trusted counsellor
closes a chapter of horror Polonius, the father of his
in Denmark's history former sweetheart
which began with the Ophelia.
murder of old King
Hamlet by his brother, Worried that her son
Claudius. would be arrested,
Gertrude sent him away
The murderous noble to England - not realising
then moved in on the her new husband had
dead king's throne and arranged for his death on
widow. On his return to arrival.
court, Prince Hamlet was
shocked to find his father But Hamlet escaped and
dead, and his mother returned just in time for "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him,
married to his uncle. the funeral of Ophelia, Horatio." Hamlet (above), Act V, Sc I
who had died after being
Realising the truth, Then he died in the
Hamlet was rattled driven mad by her
Hamlet's last act was arms of his friend
further by a ghostly visit father's tragic fate.
to revenge his father Horatio, begging him
from his father. Learning
by killing Claudius. to remember him and
the truth about the old Claudius, scared by his
tell his tale.
King's death made him nephew's return, hatched
fearful for his life, so the a desperate plot to poison
young Prince pretended him in a fixed
to be mad to avoid his swordfight. But things
uncle's evil intentions. went horrifically wrong,
and both Gertrude and
Vowing to revenge his Hamlet's opponent
Laertes were accidentally
poisoned too.
 Claudius "This above all: to
Hamlet "To be or not to be,
Hamlet's uncle, thine own self be
A thoughtful and deep that is the question
Claudius turned out to true."
young man, popular Whether 'tis nobler in
Polonius, Act I, Sc III
be a ruthless murderer, the mind to suffer
with the Danish people,
who would stop at The slings and arrows
Hamlet was a fan of the "Something is rotten
nothing to get what he of outrageous fortune,
theatre and learning. Or to take arms
in the state of
wanted - his brother's Denmark."
He's very loyal, but also against a sea of
throne and wife. But it Marcellus, Act I, Sc IV
very indecisive and troubles,
didn't bring him And by opposing end
rather depressive. "The lady doth protest
happiness. them?
too much, methinks."
Hamlet, Act III, Sc I
Gertrude, Act III, Sc II

Gertrude Ophelia "To sleep, perchance

"There is nothing
to dream; ay, there's
Hamlet's mother, and a Polonius' daughter and the rub."
either good or bad, but
good woman, Gertrude Laertes' sister, she was thinking makes it so."
Hamlet, Act III, Sc I
was unaware of sweet on Hamlet, but he Hamlet Act II, Sc II
Claudius' evil. When rejected her. With her
her son told her of it, father's death, this
she was appalled, and drove her mad. She
tried to help him avenge drowned soon after,
her husband. possibly by suicide.

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