简介：Hamlet,PrinceofDenmark,isinmourningforhisdeadfather,theking.He'salsodisturbedbyhowquicklyhismother,Gertrude,hasremarried-andbythefactthathernewspouseisClaudius,herlatehusband'sbrother(andthusHamlet'suncle).Hamlet'sdisgustatthisincestuousunion,whichhasalsorobbedhimofhissuccessiontothethrone,turnstofurywhenhisfather'sghostappearsandrevealsthathewasmurderedbyClaudius.Vowingrevenge,Hamletdecidestofeignmadnessuntilanopportunitypresentsitself.Polonius,thelordchamberlain,thinksthatHamlet'sstrangebehaviourspringsfromloveforhisdaughter,Ophelia,butClaudiussoonbeginstosuspectotherwise.ThearrivalofatravellingtheatrecompanygivesHamlettheideaofre-enactinghisfather'smurdertostartleClaudiusintorevealinghisguilt.Claudiusisindeedshockedbytheperformance,butHamlet'striumphisshort-lived;whilearguingwithhismotherinherbedroom,hestabsaneavesdropperhidingbehindacurtain,onlytodiscoverthatitisPoloniushehaskilled,notClaudius.ClaudiussendsHamlettoEngland,secretlyintendingtohavehimputtodeaththere.Meanwhile,Ophelia,drivenmadbygrief,commitssuicide.Hamletescapes,however,andreturnstoDenmark,whereuponClaudiusurgesLaertestochallengehimtoafencingmatch,inwhichLaerteswillsecretlypoisonthetipofhissword.Butwhenbothcombatantsreceivemortalwounds,thedyingLaertesrevealstheplot,whereuponHamletkillsClaudiusbeforesuccumbingtohisowninevitablefate.…