Revenge Plot of Hamlet

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Christopher Jones 1) The revenge plot: characters involved Hamlet, Ghost, Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius, Laertes, Horatio. - Hamlet see the ghost and they talk in private (1.4.86.) - The ghost tells Hamlet he is the real ghost of his dad (1.5.14.) - The ghost confronts Horatio, Barnardo, and Marcellus. Horatio ask the ghost to speak, ,but it doesn't and later talks to Hamlet about it (1.1.127.) - To prove that Claudius killed his father and has been feeling guilty Hamlet tries to re-enact the murder of his father though a play (2.2.633-634.) - Claudius feels guilty when watching the play about the Murder of Gonzago and has to leave (3.2.295.) - Hamlet has the chance to kill Claudius during prayer, but knowing this would just send him to heaven (3.3.82.) - The ghost talks to hamlet again because he is mad Claudius is still alive (3.4.127.) - Claudius exile's Hamlet to England for the murder of Polonius (4.3.44-51.) - Claudius is told that Hamlet is on his way back home and then talks to Laertes, Polonius's son to murder Hamlet with a poisoned sword (4.7.169-186.) - Lastly Hamlet kills Claudius forcing him to drink the poisoned drink (5.2.356-357.) 2) The Hamlet and Ophelia subplot: Characters involved Hamlet, Ophelia, Laertes, Polonius - Laertes tells his sister, Ophelia that Hamlet is just flirting with you and will later give you false hope so he and her father wants her to end it, so she agrees to it (1.3.143.) - Hamlet goes to Ophelia's room weird like something has come over him(meeting the ghost of his dead father) Ophelia is scared and runs to tells her father (2.1.99-112.) - Polonius wants Ophelia to confront Hamlet again, this time he exchanges harsh words (3.1.154-162) - When Laertes and Claudius are talking Gertrude walks in saying that Ophelia has drowned (4.7.187-188.) - When Hamlet come bake home he sees a gravedigger getting ready
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