Plot timeline

  • 1500

    Introduction

    Hamlet arrives to the castle and discovers that the king (his father) is dead.
  • 1501

    Rising action

    Hamlet's father appears as a ghost and tells him the crime.
  • 1502

    Climax

    Hamlet is not sure what to do and says the famous "to be or not to be" mologue. Then, he hires some actors to recreate the crime.
  • 1504

    Falling action

    Claudius is discovered and there is a battle.
  • 1505

    Ending

    Hamlet and everyone else dies.