Hamlet Act And Scene Summaries Flashcards

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Act 1 scene 1

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A ghost appears on the battlements

The ghost looks like the dead king 👑

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Act 1 scene 2

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The new king greets the court - marriage and Gertrude asks Hamlet to stay at home

Hamlets anger - his thought are disturbed by Horatio and the guards who come to him tell him about the ghost

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Act 1 scene 3

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Laertes returns to university- his father gives him advice

Ophelia is warmed off by Laertes and Polonius

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Act 1 scene 4

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The ghost wants revenge - tells Hamlet and Hamlet decides to feign madness until he has completed his missions

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Act 2 scene 1

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Polonius sets a spy on Laertes

Ophelia is frightened by Hamlet - Ophelia tells her father who arranges to meet with the king

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Act 2 scene 2

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R&G - Gertrude and Hamlets school friends R+G to cheer up her melancholy son

Claudius and Polonius spy on hamlet and Ophelia

Hamlet rejects Ophelia - nunnery scene

Actors arrive - hamlet asks them to stage the murder of Gonzago

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Act 3 scene 1

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Claudius thinks he should send hamlet away after hearing reports for R, G and Polonius

Polonius convinces him to involve Gertrude to see if she can talk some sense into her son

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Act 3 scene 2

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The actors perform the old King murder

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Act 3 scene 3

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Claudius soliloquy - Guilt

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Act 3 scene 4

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Closet scene

Polonius dies

Gertrude tells Claudius that Hamlet is mad. Claudius sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to find Hamlet

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Act 3 scene 5

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Hamlet refuses to reveal location of Polonius - and tells R+G that they too willingly follow king’s orders

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Act 3 scene 6

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Hamlet reveals where Polonius is

Hamlet is sent to England and Claudius plans secretly to kill him there

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Act 4 scene 1

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Ophelia goes mad

Laertes arrives seeking revenge for the death of his father

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Act 4 scene 2

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Hamlet returns to Denmark - discovers plan to kill him and arrives wanting revenge

Sends R+G to their deaths

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Act 4 scene 3

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Claudius and Laertes plan to kill hamlet

Ophelia dies

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Act 5 scene 1

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Ophelia funeral

Hamlet and Laertes fight

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Act 5 scene 2

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Hamlet is invited to duel

Gertrude drinks the poison - dies

Hamlet and Laertes wounded

Hamlet turns to Claudius

All dead apart from Horatio