Hamlet Chapter summaries
Act 1 | The play opens as a change of guards occurs outside the castle of the Danish King in Elsinore. Barnardo, a soldier, replaces … |
Act 2 | Polonius sends a servant to visit his son in Paris with some money and letters but asks the servant to first enquire about … |
Act 3 | Hamlet’s friends report to the King, and he questions them about the cause of Hamlet's lunacy. They have been unable to … |
Act 4 | Claudius hears the deep sighs of Gertrude and questions her about their cause. Gertrude asks Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to … |
Act 5 | Two gravediggers converse as they dig the grave for Ophelia's burial. One of the gravediggers feels that the grave shouldn’t … |
