![]() ![]() Polonius’ daughter Ophelia, who had been courting Hamlet, is overwhelmed with grief and drowns herself. Hamlet is banished to England, where Claudius sends orders to have him executed instead, Hamlet has the two messengers executed and returns to Denmark. Thinking it is Claudius, he stabs through the curtain it turns out to be Polonius, Claudius’ chief counselor. ![]() Hamlet goes to tell his mother about Claudius’ treachery, but as they speak he hears something behind the curtain. Hamlet sees an opportunity to kill him, but is concerned that if he kills him while he is praying, he will go to heaven. Sure enough, Claudius excuses himself from the performance and runs off to pray. If his uncle reacted, Hamlet would know he was guilty of the crime. A group of actors have come to perform at the castle, and Hamlet instructs them to perform a scene where the king is poisoned in the ear, as the ghost had recounted. Hamlet devises a plan to test his uncle to see if what the ghost told him was true. The king orders Prince Hamlet to avenge his death, and while Hamlet initially agrees, he is overwhelmed by the task. It turns out to be his father, King Hamlet, who reveals he was poisoned in the ear by his brother Claudius, who married Queen Gertrude after killing the king and taking the throne. In Elsinore Castle, Prince Hamlet speaks to a ghost who has been wandering around the castle. ![]()
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