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Webpages:

http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/hamlet/7/

http://www.gradesaver.com/hamlet/study-guide/summary-act-2

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/h/hamlet/summary-and-analysis/act-ii-scene-1

http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespeare-facts/

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Curiosities

-Shakespeare’s shortest play, The Comedy of Errors is only a third of the length of his longest,Hamlet, which takes four hours to perform.

-Two of Shakespeare’s plays, Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing.

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Main characters
Polonius:
In a demeaning light is a common danger. While he is a blowhard, and he does spout aphorisms that were, even in the 16th century, clichés, his clichés constitute sound advice and his observations prove themselves prophetic.

Ophelia:
It's a difficult role to play because her character, like Gertrude, is murky.

Hamlet:
He is an enigma. No matter how many ways critics examine him, no absolute truth emerges. Hamlet breathes with the multiple dimensions of a living human being, and everyone understands him in a personal way.

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Hamlet
Summary Act.2
The second act is composed of two scenes.

We see Polonius in the act of sending Reynaldo after Laertes to inquire into his son’s conduct. First, Reynaldo is to find out from strangers in Paris.

Ophelia, she tells her father that Hamlet has frightened her with his wild, unkempt appearance and deranged manners.

After Ophelia describes Hamlet’s behavior, she further reveals that, as per Polonius’ orders, she has cut off all contact with Hamlet and has refused his letters.
King Claudius has made plans of his own to discover the reasons for Hamlet’s supposed madness.

After Rosencrantz and Guildenstern leave the royal presence, Polonius rushes in, announcing that he has found the reason for Hamlet’s madness. Claudius declares his approval of this message and says that he will consider its details anon.

Polonius steps forward to reveal his discovery. He tells the king and queen, in a very roundabout way, that he has discovered Hamlet’s foiled love of Ophelia, and that he believes this lost love to be the root cause of Hamlet’s madness.

Hamlet insists upon hearing a speech straight away, and in particular requests a recitation.

Before the players retire, Hamlet pulls the main player aside and asks him whether the company knows a certain play, “The Murder of Gonzago.” The player says that this would be fine and then takes his leave.

Left alone on stage, Hamlet muses about the strangeness of this situation. If the king is guilty, Hamlet figures, surely he will show this guilt when faced with the scene of the crime.

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Shakespeare's quotations

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Main characters of Act 1
Claudius, Hamlet, Polonius, Horatio, Laertes, Bernardo, Francisco, Ophelia, Marcelus, Gertrude, Ghost.

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Scene 5

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Hamlet: Act 1, Scene 5: Hamlet Meets His Father's Ghost

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Scene 4

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Hamlet - Act 1 Scene 4 - Shakespeare at Play

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Scene 3

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Act I, Scene 3 of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Laertes (Nicholas Pelczar) says goodbye to his sister Ophelia (Anna Bullard), and gets parting words of wisdom from his father, Polonius (Howard Swain). This is a scene taken from "This is Hamlet," a new way to learn more about one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies.

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Scene 2

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Hamlet: Act 1, Scene 2: "too too solid flesh" soliloquy

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Hamlet's first soliloquy, in Act I, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Hamlet is played here by Patrick Alparone; this is a scene taken from "This is Hamlet," a new way to learn more about one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies. Find out more at http://thisishamlet.com

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Scene 1

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A last minute English project shot in 1 hour. Enjoy.

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Summary act 1

The first act is composed of five scenes.

Scene 1

Three sentinels patrol in front of the castle. They see the ghost of the dead king. They try to talk with him, but when the cock crows, the ghost leaves.

Scene 2

The current king (brother of the dead king), sends a letter to the king of Norway asking him that stops the plans of his son who tries to reclaim the lands that his uncle lost.

The king allows Laertes to leave to France with the consent of his father Polonius.

The sentinels inform to Hamlet about the ghost of his father.

Scene 3

Before Laertes leaves to France, he communicate to her sister Ophelia that maybe Hamlet can’t get married with her.

Polonius advice to Laertes about the correct conduct at France.

Scene 4

The sentinels patrol with Hamlet at night and they see the ghost of the dead king who call Hamlet.

Scene 5

Hamlet follow the ghost of his father who tell him that his dead was not naturally. He was murdered by his brother with poison into his ear.

The ghost ask Hamlet to revenge his dead. Hamlet doesn’t explain this news to the other sentinels, but he ask them to say nothing about the ghost.

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My information is from the book: William Shakespeare Complete Works, by Macmillan

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Shakespeare's black characters...
Shakespeare’s black characters were originally played by white actors with faces blackened by charred cork. But  since the black Singer, actor and political activist Paul Roberson played Othello in the 1930s, this drama of inter-racial marriage has been made to address pressing contemporary concerns of ethnic, cultural and religious difference. In the early twenty-first century, the Islamic connotations of ‘the moor’ became as significant as his colour.

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About Shakespeare...
Shakespeare was probably the first writer in England to become wealthy on the proceeds of his work: by the end of the 1590s, he had bought New Place, the second-largest property in Strartford-upon-Avon. He had also obtained the status of a ‘gentleman’ and a family coat of arms: in this eighteen-century engraving, it is displayed above the door of his house. The spear on the bend of the coat of arms plays on the bearer’s name: Shakespeare could never resist a pun.

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Main characters of Act 3:
King, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Gertrude, Polonius, Ophelia, Horatio, Prologue, Baptista, Ghost.

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Summary Act.3
In Act III there are four scenes:

-in the first, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern told to the King that Hamlet haven’t said nothing to them. Then, Polonius and King, prepared a date between Ophelia and Hamlet, where the King listened to them talking. After that, the king decided to make Hamlet travel to England.

-in the second, the players of Hamlet’s play played it to the King and other persons. The part of the Hamlet’s play is about a killer who kill a king. And the real King, after seen that, leaves the theatre. Then Hamlet and Horatio know that the King is guilty.

-in the third scene, Polonius says to the king that he is going to listen the conversation between the queen and Hamlet. Hamlet decided to not kill the King.

-In the last scene of the act III, Hamlet talk with his mother, and Polonius listen to the conversation. Then Hamlet kills Polonius thinking that he was the King, and the ghost appears, but only Hamlet can see him.

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Summary Act. 4

Immediately after Hamlet exits, dragging Polonius’ body, we see Claudius asking Gertrude to explain what has happened. She tells him of Hamlet’s accidental killing of Polonius and Claudius realizes that he could have just as easily been slain. Claudius asks where Hamlet has gone and Gertrude says that he has taken the body away. The king orders Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to find Hamlet and discover where he has taken Polonius’ body.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern question Hamlet about Polonius’ body. Hamlet evades their questions playfully, accusing his former friends to the king and leading them on a wild goose chase.

Ophelia handles all those present gifts of flowers, each symbolizing a reproach to the receiver.As she leaves Claudius tells Laertes to inquire into the matter as deeply as he wishes, confident that he will find himself aligned with Claudius against Hamlet.

Horatio receives from these sailors a letter from Hamlet. He reads the letter aloud. It explains an amazing turn of events: on his way to England, pirates attacked Hamlet’s ship. He tells Horatio to follow the sailors where he is hiding. Horatio says that he will help to deliver the rest of their letters, one of which is for the king.

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Olivier's Hamlet film (1948): To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy

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Hamlet's Soliloquy

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Webpages:

http://www.gradesaver.com/hamlet/study-guide/summary-act-5

http://www.shmoop.com/hamlet/act-5-scene-1-summary.html

http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/hamlet/29/

http://www.william-shakespeare.info/

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Main characters

Hamlet:

He is the son of the late king and nephew of the present king of Denmark. He has returned to the Palace because of the death of his father.

Claudio:

Is the king of Denmark and Hamlet's uncle. He replaced his brother King Hamlet when he was killed by him. He married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude.

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Curiosities

Shakespeare probably based Hamlet on two sources: the legend of Amleth and a lost Elizabethan play called Ur-Hamlet or the original Hamlet. Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest and one of the most powerful and influential tragedies in the English literature.

Besides, in the text of Shakespeare, when he recites the famous passage "To be or not to be, here is the question" (scene first of the third act, set in a stay of the castle of Denmark), Hamlet does not have anything in his hand . What happens is that the strength of the image-Hamlet with the skull makes Yorick always be represented well in pictures and posters, and associate the "To be or not to be", which is the most famous part of the text.

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To be or not to be, here is the question

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Hamlet
Summary Act. 5

The fifth Act is composed of fifteen scenes.

Two gravediggers are digging the tomb of Ophelia. Hamlet and Horatio come and speak with them. The gravediggers take skulls and one of them is from Yorick, a buffoon who knew Hamlet. Then he holds his skull in his hand as he recalls his virtues and reflects on death and the passage of time. At the moment arrive the kings and Laertes. He and Hamlet wrestle, which causes the king decides to advance the fight between Laertes and his nephew.

Travelling on the boat Hamlet finds a letter in which the king orders to kill him, so he decides to make a false letter that orders to kill Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

Someone communicate Hamlet of a bet on a duel between Laertes and him. The two fight with swords. Hamlet wins the first point and the king offers to drink from the poisoned cup, but Hamlet's mother drinks it, who warns and dies. Hamlet is wounded by the poisoned sword of Laertes, but takes it off and kill Laertes. King has been betrayed and Hamlet forced him to drink from the poisoned cup, causing his death. Hamlet dies by the poison of the sword, but before Horacio asks to live to tell their story.