Hamlet timeline summary by William Shakespeare
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Hamlet timeline
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Two nights in a row the ghost of King Hamlet has haunted the soldiers of Ellsinore castle.
On the third night Horatio comes to see the ghost, but the ghost does not speak. Horatio believes that the ghost represents a bad omen of Denmark's future.
Claudius marries Young hamlets mother Gertrude. Claudius thus becomes King of Denmark. Prince Hamlet mourns his father's death and his mother and Claudius scold him for it.
Prince Hamlet decides to take watch with the guards after Horatio had told him about the ghost. When the ghost appears, it tells Hamlet to get revenge on his murder. The murderer was Claudius. Hamlet promised to undertake this request...