Hamlet

Act IV, Scene i:

Claudius learns that Hamlet has killed Polonius and decides to send Hamlet to England to protect his throne.

Act IV, Scene ii:

Hamlet toys with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about the location of Polonius’s body, asserting his moral superiority over them.

Act IV, Scene iii:

Claudius orders Hamlet to England with secret instructions for his execution after Hamlet cryptically reveals where Polonius is hidden.

Act IV, Scene iv:

After meeting Fortinbras’s captain, Hamlet condemns his own delay and resolves to act decisively in avenging his father.

Act IV, Scene v:

Ophelia descends into madness from grief while Laertes returns to Denmark furious and demanding revenge for Polonius’s death.

Act IV, Scene vi:

Horatio receives letters revealing that Hamlet escaped the voyage to England after a pirate attack and is returning to Denmark.

Act IV, Scene vii:

Claudius and Laertes plot to kill Hamlet using a poisoned sword and cup, as news arrives that Ophelia has drowned.

Act V, Scene i:

In a graveyard, Hamlet reflects on death while Ophelia is buried and he and Laertes clash openly in grief.

Act V, Scene ii:

Hamlet exposes Claudius’s treachery, survives the duel, and as the royal family dies, names Fortinbras king before his own death.