Comparing Horatio Polonius And Ophelia In William Shakespeare's Hamlet

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King Hamlet is from Denmark and King Fortinbras is from Norway. King Hamlet won the war and the country that won the land was Denmark. King Fortinbras of Norway has been killed in the battle and lost all of his land. King Hamlet died and Claudius became the new king of Denmark. A month later he had married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. Then strange things began to happen at midnight. Marcellus and Bernardo saw a ghost that looked exactly like King Hamlet. Horatio asks the ghost to speak to them but it left without saying a word. Horatio tells the guards that young Fortinbras will gather an unlawful army so he can take back the land from what his father lost. Maybe that is why hamlet's ghost has appeared . Suddenly the ghost has returned. Horatio …show more content…

Polonius wants to tell the King,Hamlet's reaction about Ophelia. Hamlet's friends are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. The King and Queen asked them to find out if he actually is going crazy. The King and Polonius set up a met with Hamlet to Ophelia and will hide behind the curtain to see if Hamlet will act crazy with Ophelia; that way they will know If Hamlet really loves Ophelia. Hamlet’s friends tell him that they were sent from the King and they tell him that a group of actors are coming. Hamlet asked if they can do the play of Gonzago and he said if they can learn a dozen lines and put it in the play. I the middle of the play, Claudius got funious and left. After that Hamlet goes to meet with his mother and he heard a nose behind the curtain and he had thought it was Claudius and he stabbed in the curtin and it ended up being Polonius.Than Laertes heard what happened and came back from France. Claudius had decided to send Hamlet away to England. While they were sailing their ship got attacked by pirates. Hamlet sends a letter to Horatio saying that he wants to meet up with Claudius. Hamlet meets with Claudius. Ophelia feel into the lake and