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