Saturday, October 27, 2012

Hamlet Act V Notes



Act V

Scene I
·         Two gravediggers are digging a grave for Ophelia
·         They argue if Ophelia’s death was a suicide or an accident
·         Hamlet and Horatio walk over and begin to talk to them
·         The two hide as Laertes walks up
·         He feels that he needs to give his sister another hug
·         He gets in the grave and gives her one, Hamlet jumps in and they begin to fight
·         It is broken up and they are separated
·         The king sends Horatio to look after Hamlet

Scene II
·         A letter is shown that reads that after Hamlet was supposed to die in London, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were also to be put to death
·         They die
·         Hamlet and Laertes begin a duel with all the plans in place that they had decided apon
·         The poisoned sword stabs Hamlet as Hamlet gets ahold of that sword and stabs Laertes
·         The queen drinks from the poisoned goblet
·         Hamlet stabs the king with the poisoned sword
·         Everybody dies as Fortinbras enters with his army
·         Hamlet, with his last dying breaths, crowns Fortinbras as king of Denmark
·         Hamlet is given a hero’s burial

THE END

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