short version of hamlet?

Question

Can anyone tell me a short version of the story of hamlet?? because i really dont know anything on hamlet and i have to do an essay on him!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Rent the Mel Gibson movie, or better yet read the play.

Here is an outline: http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/hamlet/
Also check out: http://allshakespeare.com/hamlet/
and http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/hamlet/
which offers a searchable text of the play.
Wikipedia has a good essay on Hamlet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet
It includes a plot summary and a good description of the major characters.
You can buy the movie at Barnes and Noble: http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?z=y&EAN=085391903321

Here is the plot, short and dirty:
·Hamlet's dad, the late King of Denmark dies. Hamlet's uncle, Claudius, marries Hamlet's mom to become king.
·Hamlet sees a ghost
·Hamlet is pissed
·Hamlet sees the ghost again who say's I'm your dad, and your Uncle Claudius did me in.
·Hamlet is unsure and pretends to go mad.
·Polonius thinks it's because he wouldn't let Hamlet marry Ophelia, and goes to the king to set up a meeting that they can spy on.
·Hamlet stages a play based on daddy's death, Claudius can't bear to watch it.
·Hamlet thinks the ghost was right.
·Claudius wants to send Hamlet to England.
·Hamlet catches Claudius in pray, but doesn't kill him--he goofs up.
·Hamlet confronts mom and during the conversation he kills Polonius, who was hiding behind a curtain.
·Claudius sends Hamlet to England with a death sentence
·Opherlia goes mad, her brother Laertes raises a mob to avenge his family.
·Claudius turns Laete's anger on Hamlet.
·Hamlet's mom breaks into the conversation to tell Laetes that his sister has been offed.
·Hamlet returns to Denmark and finds Yorick's skull after a famous monologue he meets Laetes and both end up fighting in an open grave (people use this scene to say Hamlet was gay).
·Later Hamlet's mom drinks some poisoned wine (was it a mistake or suicide, the historians argue).
·Hamlet and Laetes fight and wound each other with the same poisoned sword.
·Hamlet's mom dies warning her son that the wine has been poisoned.
·Laertes confesses, and Hamlet pours the poisoned wine down his throat.
·A horrified Haratio makes a go for the poison wine, but Hamlet blocks him. Hamlet tells him to suggest that Fortinbras be his successor and orders Haratio to spread the truth and restore Hamlets good name then he croaks.
·Fortinbras comes in and is shocked, he orders a military funeral for Hamlet, while Haratio offers to tell him the whole story.

Answer 2

Short Version Of Hamlet

Answer 3

Just type in Hamlet Shakespeare - Synopsis into your browser and you will find something. You should have read Hamlet when your teacher first mentioned this! Hamlet is a wonderful play but it takes some studying in order to appreciate. Don't miss out on the opportunity to learn some Shakespeare when you are at school, it's the best literature in the world.

Answer 4

Hamlet is a tortured man who is into literature. He is in love with ophelia, but doesn't ever get to really tell her completely. It is a tragedy where basically everyone dies and the story also revolves around the fact that his father was killed by his uncle who wanted to marry his mother and did. I understood hamlet by watching the mel gibson version of it, which was done quite well and easier to follow along than most.

Answer 5

Go to Google and type in 'Cliff notes for Hamlet'. That will give you the short version.

Answer 6

There should be a Cliff Notes version available, which is an abbreviated version with all the highlights.

Answer 7

Its like Snakes On A Plane set in Denmark.

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Answer 9

Try Cliff Notes or Sparknotes.

Answer 10

Watch a film of it, it's the shortest version and can normally help you remember it more.
It worked for me on Romeo and Juliet, didn't help much with my liking of Shakesphere.