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Act I
The play opens at the Danish court, where soldiers and Horatio have spotted a ghost resembling the recently dead King Hamlet.
Act II
Claudius and Polonius begin spying on Hamlet, using Ophelia and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as informants. Hamlet notices his old friends are being used against him.
Act III
This is the pivotal act. Hamlet delivers his most famous meditation on life and death.
Act IV
The fallout from Polonius's death drives this act. Claudius, now genuinely afraid of Hamlet, arranges to send him to England with secret orders for his execution.
Act V
The play rushes to its bloody conclusion. Hamlet returns and reflects on mortality at Ophelia's graveside.
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