1st act: the king of denmark dies adn queen gertrude marries her

brother in law claudius. a ghost resembling the old king appears

arming for an attack of norway. hamlet and horatio want to see
the ghost and he tells them that he have been killed by claudius
and to revenge him
plot 2nd act: hamlet pretends to be mad. king counsellor polonius thinks
that's due to his love for his dauther ophelia. hamlet arranges the
performace of 'the murder of gonzago' which as a similar story to the
ghost's one
family ties
3rd act: king claudius rushes away. hemlet discuss with his
mother and kill polonius, that was overearing the conversation.
existence of god and the afterlife claudius send hamlet to england

love
themes 4th: ophelia drowns herself. her brother laertes plots a duel to
madness revenge his father and sister

5th act: to make sure that hamlet dies claudius poisones his drink
corruption linked to power and the top of lartes' sword. hamlet is wounded, but then sword are
exchanged and he wounds laertes. gertrude drinks the poisoned
fake and true friendship drink and dies, laertes dies denouncing the king, the king is killed by
hamlet and the protagonist dies telling horatio to reccomand
fortinbras as king of denmark

HAMLET
reflection about suicide
play within the play which is the only
why hamlet didin't commit suicide: fear moment in which claudius is exposed. it
of afterlife, religious pressure turns actors in audience
structure
to be or not to be
why is better commit suicide: stop suffering; corruption is
oppressing people; he mistrusts the law and thinks that in
order to clean the world evil people have to die; the fact that
suicide is connected to sleep, he dreams of a better world

fate and will: will is ostacolated by religious: his destiny

makes the man a coward and unable to decide is own will.
committing suicide is a form of action