In Act 1, a ghost-who is revealed to be King Hamlet-appears. He won’t talk to the guards, but once Hamlet (his son) arrives, the ghost reveals the truth about how he died. Apparently, Claudius had killed him by putting poison in his ear, but everyone believed that a snake had bit him. In Scene 3, Ophelia is told to be wary of Hamlet’s romantic advances. Laertes departs for France.
Hamlet has told Marcellus and Horatio about what the ghost had said. Marcellus and Horatio will soon go off to Bernardo to tell him what occurred. Thankfully, Bernardo does not spill the beans, but helps Hamlet to plan the revenge. The two decide to put poison into Claudius’s drink.
It was revealed in Act 1 that Hamlet was making romantic advances on Ophelia. The two end up becoming a couple shortly after. Fortinbras holds a hatred towards Hamlet, as his father was killed by Hamlet’s. Therefore, he plans to murder a man, but make it seem as if Hamlet had done it (by leaving the bloody knife in his room). Unfortunately, this plan fails, because Marcellus had seen the murder. Fortinbras is arrested, but swears revenge on not only Hamlet, but Marcellus. Meanwhile, Hamlet is preparing for Claudius’s murder. Claudius becomes suspicious of Hamlet’s odd behaviour and complains to Gertrude. She goes to question Hamlet, but he is planning Claudius 's death. Gertrude overhears what Hamlet is planning and tries to leave the room to go warn Claudius, but is seen by him. He approaches her and tries to make her swear to never tell anyone what she had heard. When she doesn’t, he stabs her to death. Ophelia rushes in the room after hearing the Queen’s screams. Hamlet turns around as she threatens to tell everyone what he had done.
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He enters it and sees blood soaking through the bed sheets. He lifts them up and sees the Queen and Ophelia, dead. Laertes is filled with deep rage and plans to find Hamlet and murder