Scene #1 · Act I, Scene 1
The Ghost of the recently deceased King Hamlet appears twice on the castle battlements at midnight, dressed in full armor. During the…
Scene #2 · Act I, Scene 2
Claudius opens the scene with a public speech justifying his hasty marriage to Gertrude, his brother's widow, describing it with oxymorons like…
Scene #3 · Act I, Scene 5
The Ghost reveals that he is Hamlet's father's spirit, doomed to walk at night and suffer in purgatorial fires. He discloses that…
Scene #4 · Act II, Scene 2
Hamlet warmly greets his old school friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, calling them "excellent good friends" and engaging in witty banter about Fortune…
Scene #5 · Act III, Scene 1
Hamlet enters alone and delivers his famous soliloquy contemplating suicide, weighing whether it is nobler to endure life's suffering or to end…
Scene #6 · Act III, Scene 2
During the performance of 'The Mousetrap,' the Player King is poisoned in his ear while sleeping in a garden, mirroring the Ghost's…
Scene #7 · Act III, Scene 4
During Hamlet's confrontation with Gertrude in her chamber, Polonius hides behind the arras to eavesdrop on their conversation. When Gertrude cries out…
Scene #8 · Act IV, Scene 4
After learning from a Norwegian captain that Fortinbras's army marches to fight over a worthless patch of Polish land, Hamlet remains alone…
Scene #9 · Act IV, Scene 5
Ophelia enters dressed fantastically with straws and flowers, singing fragmented songs about death and lost love. She distributes symbolic flowers to those…
Scene #10 · Act V, Scene 2
During the fencing match between Hamlet and Laertes, Laertes wounds Hamlet with a poisoned, unbated rapier, but in the scuffle they exchange…