Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Hamlet Act 5

Hamlet comes back from his trip and goes into a graveyard. He hears a gravedigger singing and he wonders how someone could sing while digging a grave. Hamlet asks who the grave is for and he cannot get a clear answer to his question. A funeral procession comes into the scene and Hamlet soon realizes that the grave is for Ophelia. Hamlet is devastated and when Laertes jumps into the grave and calls Hamlet names for killing her Hamlet comes forward. The two men get in a fight and Hamlet tells everyone that he loves Ophelia and nothing could stop their love for each other.
Hamlet tells his best friend Horatio that he realized the kings plot of trying to kill him. He has turned the plan around and his two friends and killed them. A servant comes and asks if Hamlet would fence with Laertes for the king. Hamlet agrees even though he doesn't want to. In the match Hamlet is winning. He has not gotten hit with the poison yet. Gertrude wants some wine so she drinks from the poisoned cup that was for Hamlet. As Hamlet is watching his mother die Laertes scratches Hamlet with the poisoned sword. After Hamlet forces them to switch swords and Hamlet wounds Laertes with the poison. As Gertrude and Laertes die Laertes tells Hamlet that this was Claudius' plan to kill Hamlet. Hamlet kills Claudius right away. As Hamlet is dying he asks Horatio to tell the full story to everyone. Horatio is the only one who knows the whole story. Fortinbras comes in and takes the crown as King. He orders a military funeral in honor of Hamlet.

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