The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

I.

a) Time: Sixteenth Century

b) Place: Denmark

c) Preliminary situation: King Hamlet, King of Denmark is killed. Hamlet the
Prince's uncle,
Claudius, receives the throne and marries Queen Gertrude.

II.

a) Initial Incident: A ghost appears to Marcellus and another guard who decide
to inform Hamlet of
it's presence.

b) Rising Action:

1.2 Claudius, the new King, is holding court and thanks his subjects
for their support. He then sends an ambassador to Norway to protect from an
invasion from Fortinbras, Hamlets second cousin. He gives Laertes permission to
return to France but will not allow Hamlet to go to Wittenburg. Hamlet feels
alone and is upset that his mother married so shortly after her husband's death.
The guards arrive and tell Hamlet about the ghost and Hamlet agrees to join them
that night in search of the ghost, his father.

1.3 At Polonius's room, Laertes says good-bye to his sister Ophelia and
tells her......

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