![]() ![]() ![]() However, he thinks if he kills him while he is praying, Claudius will go to heaven. Hamlet overhears this and wants to kill him. Hamlet thinks if Claudius reacts, it will prove his guilt.Ĭlaudius leaves the play and goes to pray forgiveness for killing Hamlet's father. This mimics the way the ghost claims he was killed. When he hears a group of actors is coming, he requests that they act out a play that depicts a king being poisoned in the ear. ![]() Throughout the rising action, Hamlet tries to figure out if Claudius truly killed his father. Polonius’s daughter, Ophelia, had been courted by Hamlet, but he now seems to reject her, perhaps in an effort to convince Claudius he is mad. Polonius, the chief counselor to Claudius, also spies on Hamlet. However, he struggles with the authenticity of the “ghost” and is indecisive about his course of action.Ĭlaudius hires two of Hamlet’s old friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to spy on the prince. Hamlet feels that he must seek revenge on his father’s behalf. Hamlet learns the king was poisoned by Hamlet's uncle (the king's brother), who has since married the queen and is now the new king. Hamlet later sees the ghost and it is indeed his father. The former king of Demark has died, and a group of soldiers tell his son, Prince Hamlet, that they believe they saw his ghost. The setting is Elsinore Castle, in Denmark. ![]()
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