The document provides a lengthy 200+ word summary of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. It covers the main characters including Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius, Laertes, and Ophelia. It discusses the plot which involves Hamlet vowing revenge against his uncle Claudius for murdering Hamlet's father. Key events summarized include Hamlet accidentally killing Polonius, Ophelia's madness and death, and the final duel between Hamlet and Laertes that claims both their lives along with Claudius and Gertrude. The play explores themes of revenge, mortality, and the dichotomy of appearance versus reality.

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1.
Introduction:
Overwhelmed by political intrigue, confronted by a world
adversarial to moral sensibilities,
the play dramatizes the revenge
Prince Hamlet
is instructed to enact on.
2.
Characterization
Claudius
is
a shrewd and capable politician and administrator, he is
courageous and self-confident, but he is tainted by mortal sin.
Gertrude
is
Hamlet’s mother. She is warmhearted but weak and shows deep
affection for Hamlet and tenderness for Ophelia
.
Hamlet
- Hamlet is the prince of Denmark.
Shrouded in his inky cloak, Hamlet is a man of radical
contradictions -- he is ferocious, reckless, and uncivil, yet
tender cautious, courteous and
determined to avenge his father's death.

2. Polonius
is the King's advisor
and an affectionate but meddlesome father to Laertes and
Ophelia, and tries to control their lives. He is garrulous and
self-important as well
.
Laertes
is in many ways a foil to Hamlet. He also hungers for revenge
for a slain father
.
Ophelia
is a
sweet, docile girl; she is easily dominated by her father,
Polonius.
Ophelia is also the beloved of Hamlet.
Horatio is Hamlet's close friend and
presented as a studious, skeptical young man, perhaps more
serious and less ingenious than hamlet.
Fortinbras
- Fortinbras is the Norwegian prince who returns to Denmark to
revenge his father.
3.
Plot Description
Claudius has poisoned Hamlet's father and married the Queen.
Hamlet has been charged by his father to punish him.
To avenge his Father, Hamlet, must do something while living
beside the murderer, Claudius. If he doesn't he would be facing
eternal damnation for forfeiting his oath.
4.

3. Theme of the play:
Themes include
importance of
Mortality
,
Revenge
,
and Appearance versus reality
,
Gender roles,
insanity, moral confusion and national corruption.
5.
Interesting Quote
To be, or not to be
Hamlet educated in the humanist tradition, debates with himself
over whether he should avenge to ultimate conclusion, or just
give up.
6.
Analysis or evaluation
Hamlet is a suspenseful play that introduces the topic of
tragedy. Throughout the play, Hamlet displays anger,
uncertainty, and obsession with death and is the leading basis
for the tragic hero’s flaws.
7.
Summary
Hamlet finds out from his father's ghost that his uncle murdered
his Father.
He vows revenge against the political intrigue.

4. Hamlet confirms that Claudius was responsible, bent on
revenge; he accidentally stabs Polonius (thinking him
Claudius). Ophelia
being unable to stand the shock of her father’s death at her
lover’s hands loses her mind and is drowned.
Laertes is convinced by Claudius to kill Hamlet. The two duel,
and both are fatally injured. Gertrude unwittingly drinks from
the poisoned cup and dies. Hamlet, in his death throes, kills
Claudius.
8.
Conclusion
It is a great story of retaliation, but most of the characters are
motivated by selfish ambition, which makes the overall tone of
the play quite dark.