This document provides a summary of the plot of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet in 8 acts. It outlines the key events and characters. In Act I, the ghost of Hamlet's father appears at Elsinore Castle and tells Hamlet that he was murdered by Hamlet's uncle Claudius. Hamlet vows revenge. Subsequent acts see Hamlet feigning madness, confronting his mother Gertrude about marrying Claudius, and accidentally killing Polonius after mistaking him for the king. Claudius sends Hamlet to England but changes his mind and plots to have him killed. Ophelia goes mad with grief and drowns. In the final act, Hamlet and Laertes duel and both