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Analyze Shakespeare's Hamlet with a visual plot diagram activity from StoryboardThat. Explore the five act structure and key scenes for free!
A detailed look at what happens in each scene of Hamlet, to help you look at the structure of the play and interrogate it. Includes important character developments and key questions an acting company might ask when they first go through the play.
There are two major arenas in which Hamlet’s ability to take decisive action are played out: the first being the question of whether or not he will kill Claudius and avenge his father, and the second being the question of whether Hamlet will take his own life in order to avoid making the former decision.
Acting impulsively or madly, Hamlet mistakes Polonius for Claudius and kills him. The play’s falling action deals with the consequences of Polonius’s death. Hamlet is sent away, Ophelia goes mad and Laertes returns from France to avenge his father’s death.
The plot structure of Hamlet is built around a parallel revenge narrative, following a traditional tragic pyramid structure. The exposition introduces the main conflict: Hamlet's...
Hamlet follows the five-act structure commonly employed by William Shakespeare in his plays. As with his other plays, the action in Hamlet rises and falls around key events, enhancing the dramatic tension.
Upon learning that the Norwegian army is fighting with Poland over a relatively useless piece of land, Hamlet is inspired by Fortinbras’s straightforward ambition and pursuit of action.
