"Tragedy"

One of the greatest stories ever written in the English language, Hamlet is the story of a young Danish prince who finds out from the ghost of his father (the king) that his uncle killed the king and married the queen. Filled with grief and the desire for revenge, Hamlet delays action. He is also in love with a courtier's daughter, Ophelia, but is so affected by his mother's treachery that he tells Ophelia to go to a nunnery and that he does not support marriage. He hires a theater troupe to stage a play that re-enacts the events of his father's death to study his uncle's reaction and determine his guilt; later events in the story surround attempts by the new king to have his nephew killed. Hamlet ends in tragedy but with the promise of immortality for Hamlet through his soldier's funeral and the recording of his story by his friend Horatio.

Act 1 Scene i: Elsinore. A platform before the castle. Scene ii: A room of state in the castle. Scene iii: A room in Polonius' house. Scene iv: The platform. Scene v: Another part of the platform. Act 2 Scene i: A room in POLONIUS' house. Scene ii: A room in the castle. Act 3 Scene i: A room in the castle. Scene ii: A hall in the castle. Scene iii: A room in the castle. Scene iv: The Queen's closet. Act 4 Scene i: A room in the castle. Scene ii: Another room in the castle. Scene iii: Another room in the castle. Scene iv: A plain in Denmark. Scene v: Elsinore. A room in the castle. Scene vi: Another room in the castle. Scene vii: Another room in the castle. Act 5 Scene i: A churchyard. Scene ii: A hall in the castle.