1.

Title:
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
2. Name of the author
William Shakespeare
3. Characters
Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius, Horatio, Ophelia, Laertes,
Fortinbras, The Ghost, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Voltimand
and Cornelius, Marcellus and Bernardo, Francisco, Reynaldo, Osric
4. Argument
. Prince Hamlet is depressed. Having been summoned home to
Denmark from school in Germany to attend his father's funeral, he
is shocked to find his mother Gertrude already remarried. The
Queen has wed Hamlet's Uncle Claudius, the dead king's brother.
To Hamlet, the marriage is "foul incest." Worse still, Claudius has
had himself crowned King despite the fact that Hamlet was his
father's heir to the throne. Hamlet suspects foul play and betrayal.
5. Principal characters
Hamlet
6. Secondary characters
Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius, Horatio, Ophelia, Laertes, Fortinbras,
The Ghost, Rosencrantz And Guildenstern, Voltimand And
Cornelius, Marcellus And Bernardo, Francisco, Reynaldo, Francisco,
Reynaldo
7. Conflict
The king dies and his son, Hamlet, feels a responsibility to avenge
his fathers murder by his uncle Claudius, but Claudius is now the
king and thus well protected. The ghost of his father appears to
Hamlet and tells Hamlet to revenge his murder. Moreover, Hamlet
struggles with his doubts about whether he can trust the ghost
and whether killing Claudius is the appropriate thing to do.
8. Time and place
The story of Hamlet is set in the late middle ages (14th and 15th
centuries, or 1300 to 1499) in and around (mostly) the royal palace in
Elsinore, a city in Denmark.
9. Scenery
Elsinore. A platform before the castle
A room of state in the castle
A room in Polonius' house
A room in POLONIUS' house
A hall in the castle
A room in the castle
The Queen's closet
A plain in Denmark
A churchyard

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Vestuary

Hamlet wears an "inky cloak" because he's in mourning for his dead
fatherbut he's the only one in court still wearing black.
Medieval costumes
11.
Quotations
KING CLAUDIUS dies
Stabs KING CLAUDIUS
All
Trumpets sound, and cannon shot off withi
Enter KING CLAUDIUS, QUEEN GERTRUDE, LAERTES, Lords, OSRIC,
and Attendants with foils
KING CLAUDIUS puts LAERTES' hand into HAMLET's
The Attendants part them, and they come out of the grave