A prince named Hamlet is the main character. Hamlet is a college student who one day planned to take over the throne in Denmark, but treachery would spoil all of Hamlet¹s plans. The King, Hamlet¹s father, was found dead in an orchard where he spent much of his time. All of the King¹s subjects, including Hamlet, thought his majesty died because of a snake bite. Hamlet was devastated when he learned of his father¹s death, but what made him more uneasy was the fact that Gertrude, Hamlet¹s mother, remarried so quickly to the brother of the dead King. The brother would be the one who would betray Hamlet. Horatio, a loyal friend to Hamlet, was on night watch outside the castle, he told the prince of an incident when they saw an apparitio

All was quiet in the kingdom until the start of Hamlet¹s supposed insanity. The Prince was with his mother talking when the prince noticed someone in the room. Hamlet thought it was Claudius, ³How now? A rat? Dead for a ducat, dead! ³ (3.4,25) Indeed Hamlet killed someone; but it was not Claudius, twas Polonius who was slain.

As Hamlet was hiding in the graveyard, a funeral procession approached him, but he did not know whose funeral it was. Hamlet finally found that it was Ophelia who had died. Even though Hamlet was hurt emotionally, Laertes was the one who was hurt the worst. Laertes had these worlds to say, ³O treble woe/ Fall ten times treble on that cursed head/ Whose wicked deed thy most ingenious sense/ Deprived thee of.²(5.1, 246-248) Laertes blamed Hamlet for the deaths of Polonius and Ophelia and challenged Hamlet to a fencing dual which would be rigged by Claudius and Laertes. The end of Laerte¹s sword would be poisoned; as a backup plan, if Hamlet w

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