act 5

Hamlet returns to England and passing through Ophelia's graveyard. Hamlet is aghast and melancholy toward his lover's death. A lord asks whether Hamlet will come to the duel that establishes by Claudius or not. Hamlet consents and perceives there must be one of them, Hamlet or Laertes, to die in order to end the vendetta. Hamlet thought Laertes is a mirror of himself since both of them want to retaliate for their fathers: “” (Act V, Scene 1) In the march, Laertes changes the fake sword to real and Claudius put venom into the wine. When Hamlet wins the first and second hit, Claudius asks Hamlet to drink the win to celebrate his success in the beginning. However, Gertrude drinks the poisoned wine for Hamlet: “The queen carouses to thy fortune, / Hamlet.” (Act IV, Scene 2) In this moment, Laertes wounds Hamlet with the poisoned sword, and in scuffling, Hamlet gets the poisoned sword accidentally and he wounds Laertes all. While, Gertrude dies because of the wine and Laertes dies because of his poisoned sword. During Laertes' death, he exposes that Claudius is the person who plan this murder trick. Although Hamlet also wounds by the poisoned sword, he comes to Claudius with the sword and forces him to drink the rest of the poisoned wine that Gertrude left. Claudius dies in torture. Hamlet asks Horatio not to commit suicide, but instead tell his story to the people: “As thou'rt a man, / give me the cup: / let go; / by heaven, / I'll have't. / O good Horatio, / what a wounded name, / things standing thus unknown, / shall live behind me! / If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart absent thee from felicity awhile, / and in this
harsh world draw thy breath in pain, / to tell my story.” (Act V, Scene2) At the end, Fortinbras come to Denmark with English ambassador, Hamlet hopes Fortinbras can be the King of Denmark and asks Horatio to tell his story to Fortinbras also. Fortinbras, after Hamlet's death, announces Hamlet will be buried as a soldier.