Structure of Shakespeare's Hamlet

 
 
 
 
Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet is structured in five acts, each of the acts serving a different purpose thematically. In A Structural Breakdown of Hamlet, the author argues the play's five acts follow the following order: exposition, the main conflict, rising action, climax, falling action and catastrophe (Structural 2003, 1-2). The different acts overlap with respect to these categories. For example, the falling action category encompasses the end of Act III, Act IV and the beginning of Act V. However, the climax of the play encompasses only Act III, Scene ii, in which the play The Mousetrap illustrates to Hamlet that Claudius is in deed the murderer of his father. In explaining the play, Hamlet is accusing Claudius, particularly now that his reaction has convinced Hamlet he has murdered his father, "He poison's him I' the garden for's / estate. His name's Gonzago: the story is / extant, and writ in choice Italian: you shall / see anon how the murderer gets the love of / Gonzago's wife" (Shakespeare 1975, 1092).

The climax of the play might be considered Act V, Scene ii, in which all of the main characters of the play are killed. Gertrude dies


     
 
 
 
    

 

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