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HAMLET
by H. G. Wyatt
I. 1. Hamlet is a young prince of Denmark, being a thoughtful young man and loving his father.
2. He died suddenly in a mysterious way. He had died from the bite of a snake while he was asleep one afternoon in his orchard.
3. For three nights in succession guard of soldiers that kept watch by nights before the castle had seen a ghost. The ghost had appeared at midnight and dressed from head to foot in armor which was just like the armor of the old dead king and its face was just like his face.
4. About his father that it was given out that sleeping in orchard a serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears in crown, it then commanded Hamlet to revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.
5. In future would behave outwardly as a madman, for in that way he thought his uncle would be most unlikely to suspect him and he would be able in that way to hide his feelings better.
6. he taking one of the players aside, he asked him if he know the play called “ The murder of Gonzago”, in which a duke named Gonzago was poisoned in his garden by a near relative who after wards married his widow.
7. Hamlet saw his mother grow pale, when Gonzago and his wife were seen conversing, and she about her husband died. And Claudius was panic – stricken when the next scene show how he win the love of Gonzago’s wife and Gonzago was shown asleep in his orchad.
8. Before he realizedthat hamlet was dangerous for him, and was beginning to be afraid of him.
9. Leartes was reputed to be the better fencer and the king persuaded him to use a sharp pointed sword ( which was forbidden in matches ) and to put poson on it. So that even scratch would be provefutal.
10. The queen die because she was drinking a poisoned bowl of wine. Claudius was stabbed by Hamle with the poisoned weapon. Laertes die when he was tight with Hamlet.
II. 1. Character
• Hamlet : Young Prince of Denmark, ambitious
• The King : King of Denmark, Hamlet father, wise
• Claudius : The brother of the king, Hamlet’s uncle, cruel
• The Queen : Hamlet’s mother, cruel
• The Ghost : Hamlet’s father ghost
• Horatio : Best friend of Hamlet’s, friendly, kind, helpful
• Polonius : an old famous for his experience, wisdom
• Ophelia : Daughter of Polonius, dutiful
• Leartes : The daughter of Ophelia, anger
2. Characterization :
• Hamlet : Round fully developed
• The King : Static
• Claudius : Dynamic
• The Queen : Dynamic
• The Ghost : Static
• Horatio : Dynamic
• Polonius : Static
• Ophelia : Static
• Leartes : Static
3. Setting :
• Castle : Page 1
• Country : Page 3
• Palace : Page 4
• In the ship : Page 8
• In the Cemelty : Page 9
4. Plot : Forward Plot
5. Climax :
• Page 10 : Hamlet seeing treachery all around him, ordered the attendants to shut the doors that no one should escape ‘ oh ! Villainy ! ‘ he exelaind, threachery ! seek it.
6. Resolution :
• Page 10, last paragraph : His tragic destiny fulfilled. Hamlet called his faithful friend Horatio to his side, and begged him to make known the true story of his father’smurder and of its revenge. Horatio had made a move as if to drink the poisone.
7. Moral Message : That the crime will never conquer and immortal
III. Resume
HAMLET
By W.G. Wyatt
Hamlet, the young prince of Denmark, was once the gayest and most lively of men. His father died suddenly in a mysterious way, and Hamlet being a thoughtful young man and loving his father who had died from the bite of a snake while he was asleep one afternoon in his orchard. Soon after his death, Claudius, the brother of the death king, and uncle to Hamlet, married the queen. Hamlet did not like his mother to marry again so quickly.
He did not love his uncle, who was as base and unworthy as his father had been upright and honorable. A suspicion had crept into his mind that Claudius had brought about the death of his father in order to get the crown for himself. The new king and queen noticed that the prince was gloomy and unhappy. They hated the black mourning clothes which Hamlet refused to leave of wearing because when they saw them they were reminded of the old king’s death.
Then a strange story was told to Hamlet. For three nights in succession guard of soldier that kept watch by nights before the castle and had seen a ghost. And it had appeared at midnight. It was dressed from head to foot in armor which was just like the armor of the old dead king. For if the ghost was indeed that of his father and it would be able to explain some of the doubts and fears that were in his mind. On the next night, Hamlet, Horatio and one of the soldier met for their midnight watch in front of the castle, and the ghost had come again beckoned to Hamlet to go aside, and the ghost quickly told him that in truth he had been murdered.
Returning to his two companies Hamlet made them swear to say nothing of what had happened that night, but only to Horatio did he speak of his talk with the ghost. And he mad a strange resolution, that in future he would behave outwardly as a madman. So in accordance with his plan, Hamlet’s talk and behavior became stranger than ever, especially when he was with the king and queen. Among the courtiers, there was an old man famous for his experience and wisdom, named Polonius. Now Polonius had a beautiful daughter named Ophelia. Her father had secretly encouraged their friendship because he had hoped that his daughter would some day marry Hamlet and so become a princess. He had told her not to encourage Hamlet too much.
For soon afterwards his daughter came to him, telling him how Hamlet had come to her badly dressed and miserable, with a pitiful look of sorrow on his face. Polonius at once thought that Hamlet was miserable because his love had not been returned and he was satisfied that this was the cause of all his madness. Hamlet thinking of the command of his father’s ghost to revenge his cruel murder. He could not make up his mind id the ghost’s story was really true; and if it was true, how could he kill his mother’s husband?
He resolved to find out definitely if the king and queen had really planned and carried out the murder, a party wandering actors came to the palace. Hamlet had seen them before and remembered that one of their plays told of the terrible murder of a duke, and of the grief of the duchess, his widow. ‘Now’, he thought, ‘I know of sure way to test whether the pair are guilty or not. So, taking one of the players aside, he asked him if he knew the play called ‘The Murder of Gonzago’. The actors said they knew it, and would act it if Hamlet wished.So Hamlet made some changes in the play, in order that it might be as like the actual murder of his father as possible.He invited King Claudius and the queen to come and see the play the next evening.Before the play began Hamlet went to his trusty friend Horatio, told him what he had arranged, and asked him to help him watch the behavior of the king and queen during it.
So when it was time for the play to begin. Hamlet and Horatio sat a little to one side the shadow, where they could watch the king without appearing to do so too openly. At the beginning of the play the duke Gonzago and his wife were seen conversing, and she declared that she would never marry again if her husband died. And at the words Hamlet saw his mother grow pale.For in the next scene the duke Gonzago was shown asleep in his orchard, and a man crept up to him and poured poison into his ear as he slept. The next scene shows how he wins the love of Gonzago’s wife. At this Claudius was panic-stricken, and seeing his own ghastly crime repeated before all the court, he could not bear to stay.
King Claudius had persuaded Gertrude, the queen, to send for Hamlet. But the scene he had just witnessed had made a great impression on him. It had brought his crime home to him, and his distrees he had fallen on his knees in an attempt at prayer.In the meantime the queen, who was waiting for her son, had made the cunning old courtier Polonius hide behind the curtains in her room so that there should be a witness to anything that Hamlet said. He had resolved not to kill the his mother, but he was determined to make her confess her guilt to him.
In the meantime the king had planned to get rid of Hamlet, for he realized that he was dangerous, and was beginning to be afraid of him. So he resolved to send him out of the country. But the prince was popular and it was difficult for the king to find a reason for sending him away. In reality he sent a sealed letter, carried by two courtiers who went with the prince, to the King of England ordering him to put Hamlet to death as soon as he landed on English soil.
So Hamlet was forced to leave his native land, but the king’s wicked design was not to be fulfilled. For, knowing his uncle’s character, the prince suspected treachery and was on his guard. But soon after they had started on their voyage. On the next day the ship was pursued by pirates and sailed so slowly that it was overtaken by them. Hamlet showed great bravery and boarded the pirate ship single-hande. In the meantime he had sent a message to Horatio, telling his friend all that had befallen him, and asking him to come with all speed.
They were astonished to see that it consisted of the king and queen and other high persons of the court, and that the mourners included Laertes, the brother of Ophelia. They heard Laertes reproach the priest for this, and then as the queen was scattering flowers over the grave, they heard her say. Hamlet understood with dismay that the dead woman was his dear Ophelia and that she must have killed herself. Ophelia had been made unhappy by her lover’s strange conduct, and when she heard that her father had been killed by him, she was overcome with grief, and lost her senses and drowned herself. He decided to make use of Laertes’s anger against the slayer of his father Polonius, and knowing that they were both skill full fencers he arranged for a match to take place between them. This was a crafty plan, for the king saw that if the prince was killed in this fencing match, his death would appear to be accidental and no blame would fall on anyone. Before the match started Hamlet assured Laertes of his friendship, and then the two took up their foils and began. At first the fight went rather in the prince’s favor, and when they stopped to rest the king drank to his success, but Hamlet would not drink, he said, until he had finished another bout. In the second bout Laertes warmed to the play and the match became very exciting. At the same time the queen was seen suddenly to fall, crying out that she had been poisoned. The deadly draught of wine had taken effect, and she died immediately.
Hamlet, seeing treachery all around him, ordered the attendants to shut the doors that no one should escape. Then the prince saw the king’s foul plot to kill him and understanding that he had only few moments of life left in which to carry out his revenge. His tragic destiny fulfiled, Hamlet called his faithful friend Horatio to his side, and begged him too make known the true story of his father’s murder and of its revenge. But when Hamlet begged him, he promised to live on and tell to the world the full story of the tragedy. Hamlet had just enough life left in him to hear Horatio’s promise, then, whispering the words. He was mourned as one who would have made a splendid king, and he was carried to his burial with soldier’s music, and a people’s mourning.
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