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2,137 | 244_part_ii,_chapter_vii:_the_conclusion | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Jefferson Hope's aneurism burst that evening; he was found in his cell, dead, with a placid expression upon his face. After a few pensive moments following the news, Holmes brightened and commenced explaining to Watson how he had put the pieces of the case together and found the murderer within three days. His skill ce... | [
"WE had all been warned to appear before the magistrates upon the\nThursday; but when the Thursday came there was no occasion for our\ntestimony. A higher Judge had taken the matter in hand, and Jefferson\nHope had been summoned before a tribunal where strict justice would\nbe meted out to him. On the very night af... |
2,138 | 1132_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | So, a Poet, a Painter, a Jeweler, and a Merchant walk into a bar... Okay, actually, they go to Timon's house--but it might as well be a bar, given all the people who hang around there night after night. They're all, "Hey, how's it goin'?" and "What did you bring for Timon today?" We learn that Timon is a rich guy who i... | [
"Athens. TIMON'S house",
"Enter POET, PAINTER, JEWELLER, MERCHANT, and MERCER, at several\ndoors",
"POET. Good day, sir. PAINTER. I am glad y'are well. POET. I have not seen you long; how goes the world? PAINTER. It wears, sir, as it grows. POET. Ay, that's well known. But what particular rarity? What strange, ... |
2,139 | 1132_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Everyone is invited to a banquet at Timon's house. There's music, laughter, and excellent food. Ventidius comes in and thanks Timon for getting him out of debt. Timon's all, "No problem, man. It's the least I could do for a friend." Of course, gloomy Apemantus isn't happy to be there. He makes a point of telling Timon ... | [
"A room of state in TIMON'S house",
"Hautboys playing loud music. A great banquet serv'd in;\nFLAVIUS and others attending; and then enter LORD TIMON, the\nstates,\nthe ATHENIAN LORDS, VENTIDIUS, which TIMON redeem'd from prison.\nThen comes, dropping after all, APEMANTUS, discontentedly, like\nhimself",
"VENTI... |
2,140 | 1132_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It turns out that Timon has borrowed large sums of money to support his extravagant lifestyle. We open Act 2 with a Senator thinking back on how much Timon owes him. The Senator quickly figures out that Timon can't go on borrowing money when he keeps giving such large gifts away. The Senator wants his money back and AS... | [
"A SENATOR'S house",
"Enter A SENATOR, with papers in his hand",
"SENATOR. And late, five thousand. To Varro and to Isidore\n He owes nine thousand; besides my former sum,\n Which makes it five and twenty. Still in motion\n Of raging waste? It cannot hold; it will not.\n If I want gold, steal but a ... |
2,141 | 1132_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When Caphis shows up at Timon's house, he's not the only one ready to cash in. Isidore's and Varro's servants have also come to get Timon to pay his bills. Flavius is worried out of his mind. He knows his master doesn't have the dough to pay these men, but he doesn't want to embarrass him in front of everyone. He and T... | [
"Before TIMON'S house",
"Enter FLAVIUS, TIMON'S Steward, with many bills in his hand",
"FLAVIUS. No care, no stop! So senseless of expense\n That he will neither know how to maintain it\n Nor cease his flow of riot; takes no account\n How things go from him, nor resumes no care\n Of what is to conti... |
2,142 | 1132_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | One of Timon's servants, Flaminius, shows up at Lucullus's house with an empty box. Lucullus sees the box and thinks, hey, it's present time. But when Flaminius explains that the box is empty, and Timon needs a favor from him this time, Lucullus changes his tune. People shouldn't really be that extravagant in their gif... | [
"LUCULLUS' house",
"FLAMINIUS waiting to speak with LUCULLUS. Enter SERVANT to him",
"SERVANT. I have told my lord of you; he is coming down to you.\n FLAMINIUS. I thank you, sir.",
"Enter LUCULLUS",
"SERVANT. Here's my lord. LUCULLUS. [Aside] One of Lord Timon's men? A gift, I warrant. Why, this hits righ... |
2,143 | 1132_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lucius and a couple of strangers are kickin' it when the topic of Timon comes up. It's going around the rumor mill that Timon needs money, and his friends are refusing him. The men all agree that it sucks. How come no one is helping a friend out? Lucius says he's horrified that his fellow noblemen are snubbing poor Tim... | [
"A public place",
"Enter Lucius, with three STRANGERS",
"LUCIUS. Who, the Lord Timon? He is my very good friend, and an\n honourable gentleman. FIRST STRANGER. We know him for no less, though we are but\n strangers to him. But I can tell you one thing, my lord, and\n which I hear from common rumours: n... |
2,144 | 1132_act_3,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | We're now at Sempronius's house, where Timon's servant is asking for money. Hmm... is it just us, or is there a pattern here? Sempronius is surprised that Timon's servant has come to him instead of to Lucius, Lucullus, or even Ventidius. He asks the servant about this. Of course, the servant already tried those men, an... | [
"SEMPRONIUS' house",
"Enter SEMPRONIUS and a SERVANT of TIMON'S",
"SEMPRONIUS. Must he needs trouble me in't? Hum! 'Bove all\nothers? He might have tried Lord Lucius or Lucullus;\n And now Ventidius is wealthy too,\n Whom he redeem'd from prison. All these\n Owe their estates unto him. SERVANT. My lord... |
2,145 | 1132_act_3,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Back at Timon's house, the creditors' servants are getting a little annoyed. They don't know why Timon hasn't paid them yet, and they decide the prognosis isn't good. Titus, one of the servants, declares it's pretty sad that his master is currently wearing a jewel from Timon, yet his master still sent him to collect mo... | [
"A hall in TIMON'S house",
"Enter two Of VARRO'S MEN, meeting LUCIUS' SERVANT, and others,\nall being servants of TIMON's creditors, to wait for his coming\nout.\nThen enter TITUS and HORTENSIUS",
"FIRST VARRO'S SERVANT. Well met; good morrow, Titus and\nHortensius.\n TITUS. The like to you, kind Varro.\n HOR... |
2,146 | 1132_act_3,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meanwhile, the senate has sentenced a man to death. He's charged with killing another man, so he must die. Alcibiades disagrees: we should pity people, he says. Plus, this isn't just any murder: the guy killed in self-defense. Sure, murder's a sin, but let's cut the guy a break considering the circumstances, says Alcib... | [
"The Senate House",
"Enter three SENATORS at one door, ALCIBIADES meeting them, with\nattendants",
"FIRST SENATOR. My lord, you have my voice to't: the fault's\nbloody. 'Tis necessary he should die:\n Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy. SECOND SENATOR. Most true; the law shall bruise him. ALCIBIADES. Hon... |
2,147 | 1132_act_3,_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | We hope you brought your Sunday best, because the banquet is about to begin. The whole gang is there: Lucullus, Lucius, Sempronius, Ventidius, and the other lords and Senators show up at Timon's house. The guys are all a little bashful over the whole not lending Timon money thing. But then they get to talking, and they... | [
"A banqueting hall in TIMON'S house",
"Music. Tables set out; servants attending. Enter divers LORDS,\nfriends of TIMON, at several doors",
"FIRST LORD. The good time of day to you, sir. SECOND LORD. I also wish it to you. I think this honourable lord did but try us this other day. FIRST LORD. Upon that were my... |
2,148 | 1132_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | You could say Timon is pretty angry at Athens. He stands outside the city walls and rants about how awful the people inside are. Timon's got a laundry list of bad wishes for the city. We'll warn you right here: it ain't pretty. Wives should become slutty, says Timon. Children, go ahead and be disobedient. Slaves, steal... | [
"Without the walls of Athens",
"Enter TIMON",
"TIMON. Let me look back upon thee. O thou wall\n That girdles in those wolves, dive in the earth\n And fence not Athens! Matrons, turn incontinent. Obedience, fail in children! Slaves and fools,\n Pluck the grave wrinkled Senate from the bench\n And min... |
2,149 | 1132_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Flavius and his fellow servants grieve together. They're all really bummed over what happened to their master. Many of the servants have a lot of nasty words for Timon's fair-weather friends. There's lots of hugging goodbye before everyone but Flavius leaves. Flavius wants to serve Timon since all of his friends abando... | [
"Athens. TIMON's house",
"Enter FLAVIUS, with two or three SERVANTS",
"FIRST SERVANT. Hear you, Master Steward, where's our master?\n Are we undone, cast off, nothing remaining?\n FLAVIUS. Alack, my fellows, what should I say to you?\n Let me be recorded by the righteous gods,\n I am as poor as you.\n... |
2,150 | 1132_act_4,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Somewhere in the middle of the woods, Timon curses mankind. Timon has nothing left, so he searches for food in the woods. He starts digging and strikes gold. Literally: he finds gold in the ground. But don't think that lucky break is going to put an end to all Timon's curses. He thinks back on the destruction gold can ... | [
"The woods near the sea-shore. Before TIMON'S cave",
"Enter TIMON in the woods",
"TIMON. O blessed breeding sun, draw from the earth Rotten humidity; below thy sister's orb Infect the air! Twinn'd brothers of one womb- Whose procreation, residence, and birth, Scarce is dividant- touch them with several fortunes... |
2,151 | 1132_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Word around the water cooler is that Timon still has his wealth and is lying low in the woods. The Poet and Painter have heard it, and they've come to find out if it's true. The Poet and Painter haven't brought any paintings or poems to present to Timon, though: that would be silly. They're just going to promise those ... | [
"The woods. Before TIMON's cave",
"Enter POET and PAINTER",
"PAINTER. As I took note of the place, it cannot be far where he abides. POET. to be thought of him? Does the rumour hold for true that he's so full of gold? PAINTER. Certain. Alcibiades reports it; Phrynia and Timandra had gold of him. He likewise enr... |
2,152 | 1132_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Two more Senators stand around chitchatting about what will become of Athens. They want to know if Alcibiades's army is as strong as they think it is. And what's the deal with Timon? Did he accept the other Senators' offer to return to the city? A messenger enters with some news. Apparently Alcibiades is requesting Tim... | [
"Before the walls of Athens",
"Enter two other SENATORS with a MESSENGER",
"FIRST SENATOR. Thou hast painfully discover'd; are his files\n As full as thy report?\n MESSENGER. I have spoke the least.\n Besides, his expedition promises\n Present approach.\n SECOND SENATOR. We stand much hazard if they ... |
2,153 | 1132_act_5,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A solider is searching for Timon in the woods and is having no luck. He knows he got the address right: over the valley and through the woods, right? Or was that to grandmother's house? Then the soldier comes across a fresh tomb with an inscription telling everyone that Timon is dead. The thing is, the solider can't re... | [
"The TIMON's cave, and a rude tomb seen",
"Enter a SOLDIER in the woods, seeking TIMON",
"SOLDIER. By all description this should be the place.\n Who's here? Speak, ho! No answer? What is this?\n Timon is dead, who hath outstretch'd his span.\n Some beast rear'd this; here does not live a man.\n Dea... |
2,154 | 1132_act_5,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Alcibiades arrives at the city gates, trumpets blaring. He tells the Senators to surrender to him. In order to do so, they have to give him all his and Timon's enemies; atone for their sins ; and obey the new laws of justice. The Senators all agree to Alcibiades's conditions; he's got them surrounded, and they don't re... | [
"Before the walls of Athens",
"Trumpets sound. Enter ALCIBIADES with his powers before Athens",
"ALCIBIADES. Sound to this coward and lascivious town\n Our terrible approach.",
"Sound a parley. The SENATORS appear upon the walls",
"Till now you have gone on and fill'd the time With all licentious measure... |
2,155 | 1787_act_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The play opens during a bitterly cold night watch outside of the royal Danish palace. There is a changing of the guards: Bernardo replaces Francisco. Soon two more characters arrive, Horatio and Marcellus. We learn that Bernardo and Marcellus, two soldiers, have witnessed an extraordinary sight on both of the previous ... | [
"ACT I. Scene I.\nElsinore. A platform before the Castle.",
"Enter two Sentinels-[first,] Francisco, [who paces up and down\nat his post; then] Bernardo, [who approaches him].",
"Ber. Who's there?\n Fran. Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself.\n Ber. Long live the King!\n Fran. Bernardo?\n Ber. He.\n F... |
2,156 | 1787_act_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Act Two begins with Polonius speaking to one of his servants, Reynaldo, about his son, Laertes, who has by this time returned to Paris. We see Polonius in the act of sending Reynaldo after Laertes to inquire into his son's conduct. He instructs Reynaldo very precisely in the method of obtaining this information. First,... | [
"Act II. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the house of Polonius.",
"Enter Polonius and Reynaldo.",
"Pol. Give him this money and these notes, Reynaldo. Rey. I will, my lord. Pol. You shall do marvell's wisely, good Reynaldo, Before You visit him, to make inquire Of his behaviour. Rey. My lord, I did intend it. Pol... |
2,157 | 1787_act_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | An entourage consisting of the king and queen, Polonius and Ophelia, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern enters to begin the Act. Claudius asks Rosencrantz and Guildenstern what they have learned about Hamlet's malady. The two reply that they have not been able to find its cause. They do mention, however, that Hamlet was ... | [
"ACT III. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King, Queen, Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern,\nand Lords.",
"King. And can you by no drift of circumstance\n Get from him why he puts on this confusion,\n Grating so harshly all his days of quiet\n With turbulent and dangerous lu... |
2,158 | 1787_act_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Immediately after Hamlet exits, dragging Polonius' body, we see Claudius asking Gertrude to explain what has happened. She tells him of Hamlet's accidental killing of Polonius and Claudius realizes that he could have just as easily been slain. Claudius asks where Hamlet has gone and Gertrude says that he has taken the ... | [
"ACT IV. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King and Queen, with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.",
"King. There's matter in these sighs. These profound heaves\n You must translate; 'tis fit we understand them. Where is your son? Queen. Bestow this place on us a little while. [Exeunt Rosencrantz... |
2,159 | 1787_act_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The final Act begins with a conversation between two gravediggers as they dig Ophelia's grave. They repeat a rumor that Ophelia committed suicide and wonder whether she ought to be buried in hallowed ground. We learn that the king has overridden the objections of the clergy and provided for her burial. After some witty... | [
"ACT V. Scene I.\nElsinore. A churchyard.",
"Enter two Clowns, [with spades and pickaxes].",
"Clown. Is she to be buried in Christian burial when she wilfully seeks her own salvation? Other. I tell thee she is; therefore make her grave straight. The crowner hath sate on her, and finds it Christian burial. Clown... |
2,160 | 1787_act_i,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Long ago in a kingdom far away--specifically, in Elsinore, Denmark--some guys named Bernardo and Francisco are hanging out on the castle battlements. Francisco is done with his shift and gets ready to head out. Marcellus, yet another watchman, shows up with a man named Horatio. Because it's dark outside, no one can see... | [
"ACT I. Scene I.\nElsinore. A platform before the Castle.",
"Enter two Sentinels-[first,] Francisco, [who paces up and down\nat his post; then] Bernardo, [who approaches him].",
"Ber. Who's there?\n Fran. Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself.\n Ber. Long live the King!\n Fran. Bernardo?\n Ber. He.\n F... |
2,161 | 1787_act_i,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius, the new King of Denmark, gives his inaugural address to the court. He manages to explain away the fact that he has married his brother's widow, Gertrude, only a month after her husband's death. No one has any issues with this. Conveniently, marrying the Queen also meant that Claudius got to become King. No on... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A room of state in the Castle.",
"Flourish. [Enter Claudius, King of Denmark, Gertrude the Queen,\nHamlet,\nPolonius, Laertes and his sister Ophelia, [Voltemand, Cornelius,]\nLords Attendant.",
"King. Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death\n The memory be green, and that it us be... |
2,162 | 1787_act_i,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Laertes, a young lord about to depart for Paris, has some dear parting words with his sister, Ophelia. He asks her about her relationship with Prince Hamlet, and says that because Hamlet is way above her , he might have to marry someone else for the sake of the state. So, he's worried that Hamlet might take advantage o... | [
"Scene III.\nElsinore. A room in the house of Polonius.",
"Enter Laertes and Ophelia.",
"Laer. My necessaries are embark'd. Farewell. And, sister, as the winds give benefit\n And convoy is assistant, do not sleep,\n But let me hear from you. Oph. Do you doubt that? Laer. For Hamlet, and the trifling of hi... |
2,163 | 1787_act_i,_scene_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | We're back to the battlement with Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus. While waiting for the ghost, Hamlet and Horatio look through the windows of the palace at Claudius, who is carousing drunkenly. Hamlet is disgusted. The ghost shows up, and Hamlet is freaked out. He wonders if it's a "spirit of health or goblin damned." ... | [
"Scene IV.\nElsinore. The platform before the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus.",
"Ham. The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold. Hor. It is a nipping and an eager air. Ham. What hour now? Hor. I think it lacks of twelve. Mar. No, it is struck. Hor. Indeed? I heard it not. It then draws near the s... |
2,164 | 1787_act_i,_scene_v | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | And now for the big money talk: The ghost says he needs revenge, and sooner rather than later, since he's doomed to burn in eternal flames until he gets it. Luckily, he knows his murderer: surprise! It's Claudius! But how? The ghost reveals the details: While he was sleeping in his orchard, Claudius snuck over and pour... | [
"Scene V.\nElsinore. The Castle. Another part of the fortifications.",
"Enter Ghost and Hamlet.",
"Ham. Whither wilt thou lead me? Speak! I'll go no further. Ghost. Mark me. Ham. I will. Ghost. My hour is almost come, When I to sulph'rous and tormenting flames Must render up myself. Ham. Alas, poor ghost! Ghost... |
2,165 | 1787_act_ii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It's several weeks later. Shoot! Did we miss all the awesome avenging action? No, we have not missed the avenging action. Literally nothing has happened. Well, nothing vengeful, anyway. Polonius gives a guy named Reynaldo a bunch of money and tells him to take the cash to his son, Laertes, who we all remember is studyi... | [
"Act II. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the house of Polonius.",
"Enter Polonius and Reynaldo.",
"Pol. Give him this money and these notes, Reynaldo. Rey. I will, my lord. Pol. You shall do marvell's wisely, good Reynaldo, Before You visit him, to make inquire Of his behaviour. Rey. My lord, I did intend it. Pol... |
2,166 | 1787_act_ii,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hamlet's cray-cray behavior is no news to Claudius. In hopes of finding out what's going on with Hamlet, Claudius and Gertrude have invited two of Hamlet's school friends to Denmark. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, whom Claudius can't tell apart, promise to report back to the King and Queen with any information they can ... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Flourish. [Enter King and Queen, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,\ncum aliis.",
"King. Welcome, dear Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Moreover that we much did long to see you,\n The need we have to use you did provoke\n Our hasty sending. Something have you heard\... |
2,167 | 1787_act_iii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Later, in a room in the palace... Claudius questions Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about whether they've gotten any closer to figuring out why Hamlet "puts on" this madness. The two friends say that Hamlet admits he's been out of sorts, but he won't tell them why. If anything, they say, Hamlet's been pretty good at not ... | [
"ACT III. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King, Queen, Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern,\nand Lords.",
"King. And can you by no drift of circumstance\n Get from him why he puts on this confusion,\n Grating so harshly all his days of quiet\n With turbulent and dangerous lu... |
2,168 | 1787_act_iii,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hamlet, in director mode, tells the actors how he wants them to perform the play. He'd like it to come off naturally, which means they shouldn't be too loud, or gesticulate too much, as bad actors often do. Instead, they should use their discretion to build up suspense with their actions. Most importantly, they shouldn... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. hall in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet and three of the Players.",
"Ham. Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounc'd it to you,\n trippingly on the tongue. But if you mouth it, as many of our\n players do, I had as live the town crier spoke my lines. Nor\ndo\n not saw the air too m... |
2,169 | 1787_act_iii,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius meets with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Claudius says Hamlet's clearly crazy, and it's unsafe for him to stick around Denmark--the crazier he gets, the greater the threat to the throne. Instead, he'll be sent to England along with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Fine by them: they're happy to do anything for th... | [
"Scene III.\nA room in the Castle.",
"Enter King, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern.",
"King. I like him not, nor stands it safe with us\n To let his madness range. Therefore prepare you;\n I your commission will forthwith dispatch,\n And he to England shall along with you. The terms of our estate may not ... |
2,170 | 1787_act_iii,_scene_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Inside Gertrude's room in the palace... Polonius tells Gertrude what to say. She should tell Hamlet his pranks have gone too far, and that she's been covering his royal behind from getting into any real trouble. Time for the confrontation to go down. Gertrude reprimands Hamlet for upsetting Claudius with the play, but ... | [
"Scene IV.\nThe Queen's closet.",
"Enter Queen and Polonius.",
"Pol. He will come straight. Look you lay home to him.\n Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with,\n And that your Grace hath screen'd and stood between\n Much heat and him. I'll silence me even here.\n Pray you be round with... |
2,171 | 1787_act_iv,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Gertrude tells Claudius that her son is insane and has murdered Polonius. Okay, definitely time to get rid of young Hamlet. Gertrude points out that Hamlet is now inspired to cry a little, so maybe the murder of Polonius has done some good by getting Hamlet in touch with his feelings. Claudius tells Rosencrantz and Gui... | [
"ACT IV. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King and Queen, with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.",
"King. There's matter in these sighs. These profound heaves\n You must translate; 'tis fit we understand them. Where is your son? Queen. Bestow this place on us a little while. [Exeunt Rosencrantz... |
2,172 | 1787_act_iv,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern meet with Hamlet, and try to convince him to give up Polonius' body, which Hamlet has hidden. Hamlet points out that Claudius' little helpers are like a sponge: they're soaking up Claudius' favors now, but Claudius is sure to wring them dry again as soon as he's done. Rosencrantz doesn't ge... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A passage in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet.",
"Ham. Safely stow'd.\n Gentlemen. (within) Hamlet! Lord Hamlet!\n Ham. But soft! What noise? Who calls on Hamlet? O, here they\ncome.",
"Enter Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.",
"Ros. What have you done, my lord, with the dead body? Ham. Compo... |
2,173 | 1787_act_iv,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Now it's Claudius' turn to demand that Hamlet tell him where Polonius' corpse is. Hamlet responds with morbid jokes, pointing out that Polonius is at "supper"--that is, he's being eaten by worms for dinner. Charming. Hamlet, again speaking in the veiled terms of seeming madness, describes the cycle of life, where a wor... | [
"Scene III.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King.",
"King. I have sent to seek him and to find the body.\n How dangerous is it that this man goes loose!\n Yet must not we put the strong law on him.\n He's lov'd of the distracted multitude,\n Who like not in their judgment, but their eyes;\... |
2,174 | 1787_act_iv,_scene_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hamlet is on his way to England. More specifically, he's on the Danish coast near the Danish castle. And what does he see but the armies of Prince Fortinbras of Norway, who it seems has decided to wage war with Poland instead of with Denmark. Hamlet assumes Fortinbras must be taking on the whole country, but after talk... | [
"Scene IV.\nNear Elsinore.",
"Enter Fortinbras with his Army over the stage.",
"For. Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king.\n Tell him that by his license Fortinbras\n Craves the conveyance of a promis'd march\n Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous.\n If that his Majesty would aught with u... |
2,175 | 1787_act_iv,_scene_v | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A few weeks later at the palace, we learn from some random gentlemen talking with the Queen and Horatio that Ophelia is totally nuts. She's been wandering around the palace and singing old songs. Though there's nothing in her songs in particular, the listeners who want to think naughty things are able to weave the nons... | [
"Scene V.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter Horatio, Queen, and a Gentleman.",
"Queen. I will not speak with her. Gent. She is importunate, indeed distract. Her mood will needs be pitied. Queen. What would she have? Gent. She speaks much of her father; says she hears\n There's tricks i' th' world, an... |
2,176 | 1787_act_iv,_scene_vi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Inside the palace, Horatio runs into some sailors carrying a letter to him from Hamlet. Hamlet writes that his ship was attacked by friendly pirates, and after a bit of a squabble, he ended up being the only person "taken prisoner" by the pirates. Horatio should make sure that some letters get safely to the King and Qu... | [
"Scene VI.\nElsinore. Another room in the Castle.",
"Enter Horatio with an Attendant.",
"Hor. What are they that would speak with me?\n Servant. Seafaring men, sir. They say they have letters for\nyou.\n Hor. Let them come in.\n [Exit Attendant.]\n I do not kno... |
2,177 | 1787_act_iv,_scene_vii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius and Laertes have been bonding. Claudius has not only told Laertes that it was Hamlet that killed Polonius, but he's also led him to believe that Hamlet was plotting against Claudius for no good reason. Laertes wonders why Claudius didn't have Hamlet killed, or at the very least locked up for his crimes. Claudi... | [
"Scene VII.\nElsinore. Another room in the Castle.",
"Enter King and Laertes.",
"King. Now must your conscience my acquittance seal,\n And You must put me in your heart for friend,\n Sith you have heard, and with a knowing ear,\n That he which hath your noble father slain\n Pursued my life. Laer. It... |
2,178 | 1787_act_v,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the palace graveyard, two hi-la-rious gravediggers discuss Ophelia's death. These two men think Ophelia's death was clearly a suicide. Because suicide is an offense against God, those who committed the act were usually not allowed to be buried in a Christian graveyard. Lucky for Ophelia, her family is rich and power... | [
"ACT V. Scene I.\nElsinore. A churchyard.",
"Enter two Clowns, [with spades and pickaxes].",
"Clown. Is she to be buried in Christian burial when she wilfully seeks her own salvation? Other. I tell thee she is; therefore make her grave straight. The crowner hath sate on her, and finds it Christian burial. Clown... |
2,179 | 1787_act_v,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hamlet tells Horatio what happened while he was out of Denmark: he was on the ship to England, when he got the idea to check out Claudius' letter in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's pack. Surprise! It tells the king to have Hamlet killed--for the good of the country and all. But Hamlet has some tricks up his own sleeve, ... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A hall in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet and Horatio.",
"Ham. So much for this, sir; now shall you see the other. You do remember all the circumstance? Hor. Remember it, my lord! Ham. Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting That would not let me sleep. Methought I lay Worse than the mut... |
2,160 | 1787_hamlet:_act_1_scene_1_summary_&_analys1s_|_shakespeare_|_cl1ffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On a gun platform atop the battlements of Castle Elsinore, Officer Barnardo arrives to relieve sentinel Francisco of his watch. Barnardo challenges Francisco to identify himself first, and the two exchange small talk about the weather. Francisco complains, "For this relief much thanks, 'tis bitter cold. / And I am sick... | [
"ACT I. Scene I.\nElsinore. A platform before the Castle.",
"Enter two Sentinels-[first,] Francisco, [who paces up and down\nat his post; then] Bernardo, [who approaches him].",
"Ber. Who's there?\n Fran. Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself.\n Ber. Long live the King!\n Fran. Bernardo?\n Ber. He.\n F... |
2,161 | 1787_hamlet:_act_1_scene_2_summary_&_analys1s_|_shakespeare_|_cl1ffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In a trumpet flourish, Claudius, the new King of Denmark, and his wife Gertrude enter their stateroom in the company of various courtiers, including Prince Hamlet, Claudius' aide Polonius, Polonius' son Laertes, and the ambasadors to Norway Voltemand and Cornelius. Claudius explains that he and Gertrude have chosen to ... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A room of state in the Castle.",
"Flourish. [Enter Claudius, King of Denmark, Gertrude the Queen,\nHamlet,\nPolonius, Laertes and his sister Ophelia, [Voltemand, Cornelius,]\nLords Attendant.",
"King. Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death\n The memory be green, and that it us be... |
2,162 | 1787_hamlet:_act_1_scene_3_summary_&_analys1s_|_shakespeare_|_cl1ffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Polonius' chambers, Laertes prepares to return to school in Paris. He counsels his sister Ophelia to spurn the advances of her suitor, Prince Hamlet. He explains that, to Hamlet, she can never be anything more than a plaything. Hamlet, Laertes tells Ophelia, is of a higher rank than she and cannot choose with whom h... | [
"Scene III.\nElsinore. A room in the house of Polonius.",
"Enter Laertes and Ophelia.",
"Laer. My necessaries are embark'd. Farewell. And, sister, as the winds give benefit\n And convoy is assistant, do not sleep,\n But let me hear from you. Oph. Do you doubt that? Laer. For Hamlet, and the trifling of hi... |
2,163 | 1787_hamlet:_act_1_scene_4_summary_&_analys1s_|_shakespeare_|_cl1ffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In accordance with their plan, Horatio and Marcellus meet Hamlet on the battlements of the castle. A trumpet sounds, and the Prince bitterly comments on the King's propensity for wine and revelry. He disapproves of this behavior as it reflects badly on all Danes and gives them a reputation for drunkenness that makes th... | [
"Scene IV.\nElsinore. The platform before the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus.",
"Ham. The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold. Hor. It is a nipping and an eager air. Ham. What hour now? Hor. I think it lacks of twelve. Mar. No, it is struck. Hor. Indeed? I heard it not. It then draws near the s... |
2,164 | 1787_hamlet:_act_1_scene_5_summary_&_analys1s_|_shakespeare_|_cl1ffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Back on the parapet -- the outer walls of Castle Elsinore -- Hamlet follows the Ghost, who admits that he is the spirit of King Hamlet and tells his son to hear him out. His time is short before he must return to Purgatory. He cannot share any of the secrets of life in Purgatory, but he has a tale of woe he desperately... | [
"Scene V.\nElsinore. The Castle. Another part of the fortifications.",
"Enter Ghost and Hamlet.",
"Ham. Whither wilt thou lead me? Speak! I'll go no further. Ghost. Mark me. Ham. I will. Ghost. My hour is almost come, When I to sulph'rous and tormenting flames Must render up myself. Ham. Alas, poor ghost! Ghost... |
2,165 | 1787_hamlet:_act_2_scene_1_summary_&_analysis_|_shakespeare_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Polonius meets with his sly servant Reynaldo and tells him to go to Paris and spy on Laertes. He charges the servant to find any Danes living in Paris and to question them as to Laertes' whereabouts and reputation. Polonius even goes so far as to give Reynaldo permission to use lies to entrap Laertes. After Reynaldo ex... | [
"Act II. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the house of Polonius.",
"Enter Polonius and Reynaldo.",
"Pol. Give him this money and these notes, Reynaldo. Rey. I will, my lord. Pol. You shall do marvell's wisely, good Reynaldo, Before You visit him, to make inquire Of his behaviour. Rey. My lord, I did intend it. Pol... |
2,166 | 1787_hamlet:_act_2_scene_2_summary_&_analysis_|_shakespeare_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The King and Queen enter with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and others. King Claudius has summoned Hamlet's two school chums to Elsinore to have them spy on the Prince and report back to Claudius, recounting Hamlet's every move. The Queen promises them handsome compensation for their spying and assures them that Hamlet'... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Flourish. [Enter King and Queen, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,\ncum aliis.",
"King. Welcome, dear Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Moreover that we much did long to see you,\n The need we have to use you did provoke\n Our hasty sending. Something have you heard\... |
2,167 | 1787_hamlet:_act_3_scene_1_summary_&_analysis_|_shakespeare_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The King and Queen enter with Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Polonius, Ophelia, and members of the court. Claudius questions Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about Hamlet's madness, asking if they have found a reason for Hamlet's behavior. Rosencrantz answers that the Prince has admitted to being distracted but will not say fr... | [
"ACT III. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King, Queen, Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern,\nand Lords.",
"King. And can you by no drift of circumstance\n Get from him why he puts on this confusion,\n Grating so harshly all his days of quiet\n With turbulent and dangerous lu... |
2,168 | 1787_hamlet:_act_3_scene_2_summary_&_analysis_|_shakespeare_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hamlet meets with the actors and instructs them as to the nature of proper acting. He tells them not to overact, and not to use large gestures. He wishes them to be honest; he asks them to mirror nature, to be entirely realistic in their portrayals. Polonius enters and announces the arrival of the King and Queen to hea... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. hall in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet and three of the Players.",
"Ham. Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounc'd it to you,\n trippingly on the tongue. But if you mouth it, as many of our\n players do, I had as live the town crier spoke my lines. Nor\ndo\n not saw the air too m... |
2,169 | 1787_hamlet:_act_3_scene_3_summary_&_analysis_|_shakespeare_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Fearing that Hamlet is a threat to his life and throne, the King summons Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and instructs them to hurry and take Hamlet to England. The men agree, acknowledging that any threat to Claudius is a threat to the people of Denmark, so they will keep Denmark safe by removing Hamlet from its shores. ... | [
"Scene III.\nA room in the Castle.",
"Enter King, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern.",
"King. I like him not, nor stands it safe with us\n To let his madness range. Therefore prepare you;\n I your commission will forthwith dispatch,\n And he to England shall along with you. The terms of our estate may not ... |
2,170 | 1787_hamlet:_act_3_scene_4_summary_&_analysis_|_shakespeare_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As promised, Polonius arrives in Gertrude's room before Hamlet and hides himself behind an arras. He instructs Gertrude to be entirely blunt with her son. Hamlet enters challenging, "Now, Mother, what's the matter?" Gertrude tells him he has badly offended his father, meaning Claudius; Hamlet answers that she has badly... | [
"Scene IV.\nThe Queen's closet.",
"Enter Queen and Polonius.",
"Pol. He will come straight. Look you lay home to him.\n Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with,\n And that your Grace hath screen'd and stood between\n Much heat and him. I'll silence me even here.\n Pray you be round with... |
2,171 | 1787_hamlet:_act_4_scene_1_summary_&_analysis_|_shakespeare_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius, flanked by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, finds Gertrude and questions her as to Hamlet's whereabouts. She asks to be left alone with the King and, after Rosencrantz and Guildenstern leave, she agitatedly tells him that she has seen a horror. Claudius wants to know what happened and asks after her son's welfar... | [
"ACT IV. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King and Queen, with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.",
"King. There's matter in these sighs. These profound heaves\n You must translate; 'tis fit we understand them. Where is your son? Queen. Bestow this place on us a little while. [Exeunt Rosencrantz... |
2,172 | 1787_hamlet:_act_4_scene_2_summary_&_analysis_|_shakespeare_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern finally find the Prince and ask him for Polonius, he bewilders them with answers that seem to be riddles. He tells them that sharing information with mere sponges and parasites of the court is beneath him, the son of a king. | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A passage in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet.",
"Ham. Safely stow'd.\n Gentlemen. (within) Hamlet! Lord Hamlet!\n Ham. But soft! What noise? Who calls on Hamlet? O, here they\ncome.",
"Enter Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.",
"Ros. What have you done, my lord, with the dead body? Ham. Compo... |
2,173 | 1787_hamlet:_act_4_scene_3_summary_&_analysis_|_shakespeare_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In a public show of concern, Claudius explains to his assembled courtiers that he cannot jail his nephew because Hamlet remains too popular with the people. A riot would inevitably occur if he punished Hamlet for his part in Polonius' death, so instead he will send the young man into exile. Rosencrantz enters to report... | [
"Scene III.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King.",
"King. I have sent to seek him and to find the body.\n How dangerous is it that this man goes loose!\n Yet must not we put the strong law on him.\n He's lov'd of the distracted multitude,\n Who like not in their judgment, but their eyes;\... |
2,174 | 1787_hamlet:_act_4_scene_4_summary_&_analysis_|_shakespeare_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On his way to England, Hamlet observes Fortinbras leading his troops through Denmark toward Poland. He questions a captain and learns that the Norwegians plan to wage war over a worthless patch of land in Poland. Hamlet lingers behind Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to reflect on the fact that these Norwegians and Poles a... | [
"Scene IV.\nNear Elsinore.",
"Enter Fortinbras with his Army over the stage.",
"For. Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king.\n Tell him that by his license Fortinbras\n Craves the conveyance of a promis'd march\n Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous.\n If that his Majesty would aught with u... |
2,175 | 1787_hamlet:_act_4_scene_5_summary_&_analysis_|_shakespeare_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A court gentleman reports that Ophelia has become pitiably insane. Gertrude refuses to see the girl, but Horatio points out that Ophelia's mental state may attract undue attention to herself and the crown. Gertrude then agrees to speak with Ophelia. Ophelia enters singing fragments of songs about chaos, death, and unre... | [
"Scene V.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter Horatio, Queen, and a Gentleman.",
"Queen. I will not speak with her. Gent. She is importunate, indeed distract. Her mood will needs be pitied. Queen. What would she have? Gent. She speaks much of her father; says she hears\n There's tricks i' th' world, an... |
2,176 | 1787_hamlet:_act_4_scene_6_summary_&_analysis_|_shakespeare_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Horatio receives letters from a sailor sent by Hamlet. The first letter tells Horatio that pirates beset the ship on which Hamlet was being carried to England. In the ensuing battle, the pirates took Hamlet captive; they treated him well and brought him back to Denmark. He has, in return, promised to do them a favor. T... | [
"Scene VI.\nElsinore. Another room in the Castle.",
"Enter Horatio with an Attendant.",
"Hor. What are they that would speak with me?\n Servant. Seafaring men, sir. They say they have letters for\nyou.\n Hor. Let them come in.\n [Exit Attendant.]\n I do not kno... |
2,177 | 1787_hamlet:_act_4_scene_7_summary_&_analysis_|_shakespeare_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius confirms that Hamlet killed Polonius, though seeking to take Claudius' life. Laertes can't understand why Claudius didn't punish Hamlet for such capitol crimes. Claudius explains that he has restrained himself, even though he has no intention of letting Hamlet get away with his crimes. At this point, a messeng... | [
"Scene VII.\nElsinore. Another room in the Castle.",
"Enter King and Laertes.",
"King. Now must your conscience my acquittance seal,\n And You must put me in your heart for friend,\n Sith you have heard, and with a knowing ear,\n That he which hath your noble father slain\n Pursued my life. Laer. It... |
2,178 | 1787_hamlet:_act_5_scene_1_summary_&_analysis_|_shakespeare_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Two gravediggers discuss the burial for which they are digging. An inquest has declared the corpse fit for Christian burial. The First Gravedigger argues that the dead woman deserves no such indulgence, because she drowned herself and is not worthy of salvation. The other gravedigger explains, using misplaced words and... | [
"ACT V. Scene I.\nElsinore. A churchyard.",
"Enter two Clowns, [with spades and pickaxes].",
"Clown. Is she to be buried in Christian burial when she wilfully seeks her own salvation? Other. I tell thee she is; therefore make her grave straight. The crowner hath sate on her, and finds it Christian burial. Clown... |
2,179 | 1787_hamlet:_act_5_scene_2_summary_&_analysis_|_shakespeare_|_cliffsnotes | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A calmer Hamlet recounts the events leading up to his escape from the plot to kill him. He says that he is convinced now more than ever that divine providence governs man's life, and that things happen as they are meant to happen. He tells Horatio that the night before the pirates took him, he found himself unable to s... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A hall in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet and Horatio.",
"Ham. So much for this, sir; now shall you see the other. You do remember all the circumstance? Hor. Remember it, my lord! Ham. Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting That would not let me sleep. Methought I lay Worse than the mut... |
2,160 | 1787_act_i,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On a dark winter night outside Elsinore Castle in Denmark, an officer named Bernardo comes to relieve the watchman Francisco. In the heavy darkness, the men cannot see each other. Bernardo hears a footstep near him and cries, "Who's there?" After both men ensure that the other is also a watchman, they relax. Cold, tire... | [
"ACT I. Scene I.\nElsinore. A platform before the Castle.",
"Enter two Sentinels-[first,] Francisco, [who paces up and down\nat his post; then] Bernardo, [who approaches him].",
"Ber. Who's there?\n Fran. Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself.\n Ber. Long live the King!\n Fran. Bernardo?\n Ber. He.\n F... |
2,161 | 1787_act_i,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The morning after Horatio and the guardsmen see the ghost, King Claudius gives a speech to his courtiers, explaining his recent marriage to Gertrude, his brother's widow and the mother of Prince Hamlet. Claudius says that he mourns his brother but has chosen to balance Denmark's mourning with the delight of his marriag... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A room of state in the Castle.",
"Flourish. [Enter Claudius, King of Denmark, Gertrude the Queen,\nHamlet,\nPolonius, Laertes and his sister Ophelia, [Voltemand, Cornelius,]\nLords Attendant.",
"King. Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death\n The memory be green, and that it us be... |
2,162 | 1787_act_i,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Polonius's house, Laertes prepares to leave for France. Bidding his sister, Ophelia, farewell, he cautions her against falling in love with Hamlet, who is, according to Laertes, too far above her by birth to be able to love her honorably. Since Hamlet is responsible not only for his own feelings but for his position... | [
"Scene III.\nElsinore. A room in the house of Polonius.",
"Enter Laertes and Ophelia.",
"Laer. My necessaries are embark'd. Farewell. And, sister, as the winds give benefit\n And convoy is assistant, do not sleep,\n But let me hear from you. Oph. Do you doubt that? Laer. For Hamlet, and the trifling of hi... |
2,163 | 1787_act_i,_scene_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is now night. Hamlet keeps watch outside the castle with Horatio and Marcellus, waiting in the cold for the ghost to appear. Shortly after midnight, trumpets and gunfire sound from the castle, and Hamlet explains that the new king is spending the night carousing, as is the Danish custom. Disgusted, Hamlet declares t... | [
"Scene IV.\nElsinore. The platform before the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus.",
"Ham. The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold. Hor. It is a nipping and an eager air. Ham. What hour now? Hor. I think it lacks of twelve. Mar. No, it is struck. Hor. Indeed? I heard it not. It then draws near the s... |
2,164 | 1787_act_i,_scene_v | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the darkness, the ghost speaks to Hamlet, claiming to be his father's spirit, come to rouse Hamlet to revenge his death, a "foul and most unnatural murder". Hamlet is appalled at the revelation that his father has been murdered, and the ghost tells him that as he slept in his garden, a villain poured poison into his... | [
"Scene V.\nElsinore. The Castle. Another part of the fortifications.",
"Enter Ghost and Hamlet.",
"Ham. Whither wilt thou lead me? Speak! I'll go no further. Ghost. Mark me. Ham. I will. Ghost. My hour is almost come, When I to sulph'rous and tormenting flames Must render up myself. Ham. Alas, poor ghost! Ghost... |
2,165 | 1787_act_ii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Polonius dispatches his servant Reynaldo to France with money and written notes for Laertes, also ordering him to inquire about and spy on Laertes' personal life. He gives him explicit directions as to how to pursue his investigations, then sends him on his way. As Reynaldo leaves, Ophelia enters, visibly upset. She te... | [
"Act II. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the house of Polonius.",
"Enter Polonius and Reynaldo.",
"Pol. Give him this money and these notes, Reynaldo. Rey. I will, my lord. Pol. You shall do marvell's wisely, good Reynaldo, Before You visit him, to make inquire Of his behaviour. Rey. My lord, I did intend it. Pol... |
2,166 | 1787_act_ii,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Within the castle, Claudius and Gertrude welcome Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two of Hamlet's friends from Wittenberg. Increasingly concerned about Hamlet's erratic behavior and his apparent inability to recover from his father's death, the king and queen have summoned his friends to Elsinore in the hope that they mig... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Flourish. [Enter King and Queen, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,\ncum aliis.",
"King. Welcome, dear Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Moreover that we much did long to see you,\n The need we have to use you did provoke\n Our hasty sending. Something have you heard\... |
2,167 | 1787_act_iii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius and Gertrude discuss Hamlet's behavior with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who say they have been unable to learn the cause of his melancholy. They tell the king and queen about Hamlet's enthusiasm for the players. Encouraged, Gertrude and Claudius agree that they will see the play that evening. Rosencrantz and... | [
"ACT III. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King, Queen, Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern,\nand Lords.",
"King. And can you by no drift of circumstance\n Get from him why he puts on this confusion,\n Grating so harshly all his days of quiet\n With turbulent and dangerous lu... |
2,168 | 1787_act_iii,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | That evening, in the castle hall now doubling as a theater, Hamlet anxiously lectures the players on how to act the parts he has written for them. Polonius shuffles by with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and Hamlet dispatches them to hurry the players in their preparations. Horatio enters, and Hamlet, pleased to see him... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. hall in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet and three of the Players.",
"Ham. Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounc'd it to you,\n trippingly on the tongue. But if you mouth it, as many of our\n players do, I had as live the town crier spoke my lines. Nor\ndo\n not saw the air too m... |
2,169 | 1787_act_iii,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elsewhere in the castle, King Claudius speaks to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Badly shaken by the play and now considering Hamlet's madness to be dangerous, Claudius asks the pair to escort Hamlet on a voyage to England and to depart immediately. They agree and leave to make preparations. Polonius enters and reminds t... | [
"Scene III.\nA room in the Castle.",
"Enter King, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern.",
"King. I like him not, nor stands it safe with us\n To let his madness range. Therefore prepare you;\n I your commission will forthwith dispatch,\n And he to England shall along with you. The terms of our estate may not ... |
2,170 | 1787_act_iii,_scene_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Gertrude's chamber, the queen and Polonius wait for Hamlet's arrival. Polonius plans to hide in order to eavesdrop on Gertrude's confrontation with her son, in the hope that doing so will enable him to determine the cause of Hamlet's bizarre and threatening behavior. Polonius urges the queen to be harsh with Hamlet ... | [
"Scene IV.\nThe Queen's closet.",
"Enter Queen and Polonius.",
"Pol. He will come straight. Look you lay home to him.\n Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with,\n And that your Grace hath screen'd and stood between\n Much heat and him. I'll silence me even here.\n Pray you be round with... |
2,171 | 1787_act_iv,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Frantic after her confrontation with Hamlet, Gertrude hurries to Claudius, who is conferring with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. She asks to speak to the king alone. When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern exit, she tells Claudius about her encounter with Hamlet. She says that he is as mad as the sea during a violent storm; s... | [
"ACT IV. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King and Queen, with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.",
"King. There's matter in these sighs. These profound heaves\n You must translate; 'tis fit we understand them. Where is your son? Queen. Bestow this place on us a little while. [Exeunt Rosencrantz... |
2,172 | 1787_act_iv,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elsewhere in Elsinore, Hamlet has just finished disposing of Polonius's body, commenting that the corpse has been "safely stowed". Rosencrantz and Guildenstern appear and ask what he has done with the body. Hamlet refuses to give them a straight answer, instead saying, "The body is with the king, but the king is not wi... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A passage in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet.",
"Ham. Safely stow'd.\n Gentlemen. (within) Hamlet! Lord Hamlet!\n Ham. But soft! What noise? Who calls on Hamlet? O, here they\ncome.",
"Enter Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.",
"Ros. What have you done, my lord, with the dead body? Ham. Compo... |
2,173 | 1787_act_iv,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The king speaks to a group of attendants, telling them of Polonius's death and his intention to send Hamlet to England. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern appear with Hamlet, who is under guard. Pressed by Claudius to reveal the location of Polonius's body, Hamlet is by turns inane, coy, and clever, saying that Polonius is b... | [
"Scene III.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King.",
"King. I have sent to seek him and to find the body.\n How dangerous is it that this man goes loose!\n Yet must not we put the strong law on him.\n He's lov'd of the distracted multitude,\n Who like not in their judgment, but their eyes;\... |
2,174 | 1787_act_iv,_scene_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On a nearby plain in Denmark, young Prince Fortinbras marches at the head of his army, traveling through Denmark on the way to attack Poland. Fortinbras orders his captain to go and ask the King of Denmark for permission to travel through his lands. On his way, the captain encounters Hamlet, Rosencrantz, and Guildenste... | [
"Scene IV.\nNear Elsinore.",
"Enter Fortinbras with his Army over the stage.",
"For. Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king.\n Tell him that by his license Fortinbras\n Craves the conveyance of a promis'd march\n Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous.\n If that his Majesty would aught with u... |
2,175 | 1787_act_iv,_scene_v | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Gertrude and Horatio discuss Ophelia. Gertrude does not wish to see the bereaved girl, but Horatio says that Ophelia should be pitied, explaining that her grief has made her disordered and incoherent. Ophelia enters. Adorned with flowers and singing strange songs, she seems to have gone mad. Claudius enters and hears O... | [
"Scene V.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter Horatio, Queen, and a Gentleman.",
"Queen. I will not speak with her. Gent. She is importunate, indeed distract. Her mood will needs be pitied. Queen. What would she have? Gent. She speaks much of her father; says she hears\n There's tricks i' th' world, an... |
2,176 | 1787_act_iv,_scene_vi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In another part of the castle, Horatio is introduced to a pair of sailors bearing a letter for him from Hamlet. In the letter, Hamlet says that his ship was captured by pirates, who have returned him to Denmark. He asks Horatio to escort the sailors to the king and queen, for they have messages for them as well. He als... | [
"Scene VI.\nElsinore. Another room in the Castle.",
"Enter Horatio with an Attendant.",
"Hor. What are they that would speak with me?\n Servant. Seafaring men, sir. They say they have letters for\nyou.\n Hor. Let them come in.\n [Exit Attendant.]\n I do not kno... |
2,177 | 1787_act_iv,_scene_vii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As Horatio speaks to the sailors, Claudius and a calmer Laertes discuss Polonius's death. Claudius explains that he acted as he did, burying Polonius secretly and not punishing Hamlet for the murder, because both the common people and the queen love Hamlet very much. As a king and as a husband, he did not wish to upset... | [
"Scene VII.\nElsinore. Another room in the Castle.",
"Enter King and Laertes.",
"King. Now must your conscience my acquittance seal,\n And You must put me in your heart for friend,\n Sith you have heard, and with a knowing ear,\n That he which hath your noble father slain\n Pursued my life. Laer. It... |
2,178 | 1787_act_v,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the churchyard, two gravediggers shovel out a grave for Ophelia. They argue whether Ophelia should be buried in the churchyard, since her death looks like a suicide. According to religious doctrine, suicides may not receive Christian burial. The first gravedigger, who speaks cleverly and mischievously, asks the seco... | [
"ACT V. Scene I.\nElsinore. A churchyard.",
"Enter two Clowns, [with spades and pickaxes].",
"Clown. Is she to be buried in Christian burial when she wilfully seeks her own salvation? Other. I tell thee she is; therefore make her grave straight. The crowner hath sate on her, and finds it Christian burial. Clown... |
2,179 | 1787_act_v,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next day at Elsinore Castle, Hamlet tells Horatio how he plotted to overcome Claudius's scheme to have him murdered in England. He replaced the sealed letter carried by the unsuspecting Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, which called for Hamlet's execution, with one calling for the execution of the bearers of the letter... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A hall in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet and Horatio.",
"Ham. So much for this, sir; now shall you see the other. You do remember all the circumstance? Hor. Remember it, my lord! Ham. Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting That would not let me sleep. Methought I lay Worse than the mut... |
2,160 | 1787_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene opens with the changing of the guard outside Elsinore, the royal residence and court of the King of Denmark. Francisco is on guard, but is very happy to relieved by Bernardo and Marcellus. All three guards discuss the ghost that they have seen on previous nights. Bernardo and Marcellus have brought along a fr... | [
"ACT I. Scene I.\nElsinore. A platform before the Castle.",
"Enter two Sentinels-[first,] Francisco, [who paces up and down\nat his post; then] Bernardo, [who approaches him].",
"Ber. Who's there?\n Fran. Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself.\n Ber. Long live the King!\n Fran. Bernardo?\n Ber. He.\n F... |
2,161 | 1787_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius, the new King of Denmark and brother of the late King Hamlet, enters with his new wife Queen Gertrude, his nephew-turned-stepson Hamlet, Polonius, Laertes, and other courtiers and attendants. Claudius is warning the members of the court against excessive grief over the late king. He justifies his admittedly ha... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A room of state in the Castle.",
"Flourish. [Enter Claudius, King of Denmark, Gertrude the Queen,\nHamlet,\nPolonius, Laertes and his sister Ophelia, [Voltemand, Cornelius,]\nLords Attendant.",
"King. Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death\n The memory be green, and that it us be... |
2,162 | 1787_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In this scene, Laertes is saying goodbye to Ophelia, his sister, before he departs for France. Acting as a concerned and bossy older brother, he warns Ophelia not to reciprocate Hamlet's advances and professions of love, reminding her that princes are not free to choose their own wives. Ophelia accepts Laertes' advice ... | [
"Scene III.\nElsinore. A room in the house of Polonius.",
"Enter Laertes and Ophelia.",
"Laer. My necessaries are embark'd. Farewell. And, sister, as the winds give benefit\n And convoy is assistant, do not sleep,\n But let me hear from you. Oph. Do you doubt that? Laer. For Hamlet, and the trifling of hi... |
2,163 | 1787_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The setting shifts to the outside battlements of the castle at Elsinore. As earlier planned, Hamlet arrives with Horatio and Marcellus, just before midnight in order to watch for the Ghost. While they are speaking to one another, a flourish of trumpets and canon fire is heard in the distance. Hamlet explains in disgust... | [
"Scene IV.\nElsinore. The platform before the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus.",
"Ham. The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold. Hor. It is a nipping and an eager air. Ham. What hour now? Hor. I think it lacks of twelve. Mar. No, it is struck. Hor. Indeed? I heard it not. It then draws near the s... |
2,164 | 1787_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The ghost and Hamlet are alone on a platform. As dawn is fast approaching, the ghost remarks that there is little time left before he will have to return to "sulphurous and tormenting flames. " The apparition tells Hamlet that he is indeed the Ghost of King Hamlet. He tells the prince he is doomed to spend his days wit... | [
"Scene V.\nElsinore. The Castle. Another part of the fortifications.",
"Enter Ghost and Hamlet.",
"Ham. Whither wilt thou lead me? Speak! I'll go no further. Ghost. Mark me. Ham. I will. Ghost. My hour is almost come, When I to sulph'rous and tormenting flames Must render up myself. Ham. Alas, poor ghost! Ghost... |
2,165 | 1787_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Polonius is sending his servant Reynaldo to Paris with the excuse of delivering money to Laertes. In reality, he wants Reynaldo to spy on Laertes, making sure he is not getting into trouble. Polonius tells Reynaldo to be extremely discreet and tactful in finding out information about Laertes, seeking out other Danes to... | [
"Act II. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the house of Polonius.",
"Enter Polonius and Reynaldo.",
"Pol. Give him this money and these notes, Reynaldo. Rey. I will, my lord. Pol. You shall do marvell's wisely, good Reynaldo, Before You visit him, to make inquire Of his behaviour. Rey. My lord, I did intend it. Pol... |
2,166 | 1787_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | King Claudius welcomes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern into his chambers. He mentions Hamlet's melancholic and strange transformation and attributes it to the late King's death. Since Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were Hamlet's childhood friends, Claudius and Gertrude ask them to investigate the Prince's strange conduct so... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Flourish. [Enter King and Queen, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,\ncum aliis.",
"King. Welcome, dear Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Moreover that we much did long to see you,\n The need we have to use you did provoke\n Our hasty sending. Something have you heard\... |
2,167 | 1787_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | King Claudius and Queen Gertrude question Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about Hamlet's conduct, but the "spies" are unable to explain their old friend's behavior, noting that he has conducted himself "with a crafty madness" and resisted their attempts to draw out the cause of his state. They report, however, that Hamlet... | [
"ACT III. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King, Queen, Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern,\nand Lords.",
"King. And can you by no drift of circumstance\n Get from him why he puts on this confusion,\n Grating so harshly all his days of quiet\n With turbulent and dangerous lu... |
2,168 | 1787_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hamlet directs the actors in how to perform the lines he has added to "The Murder of Gonzago. " When he is finished, he dismisses them. Polonius enters, along with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and tells Hamlet the King and Queen will attend the play. Horatio next arrives, and he and Hamlet have a private discussion. H... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. hall in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet and three of the Players.",
"Ham. Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounc'd it to you,\n trippingly on the tongue. But if you mouth it, as many of our\n players do, I had as live the town crier spoke my lines. Nor\ndo\n not saw the air too m... |
2,169 | 1787_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In a private room of the castle, the King tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern that it is not safe to let Hamlet's "madness range" and openly admits that Hamlet's insanity poses a personal threat to him. He commissions both the courtiers to accompany the Prince on his visit to England. The courtiers promise to do their b... | [
"Scene III.\nA room in the Castle.",
"Enter King, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern.",
"King. I like him not, nor stands it safe with us\n To let his madness range. Therefore prepare you;\n I your commission will forthwith dispatch,\n And he to England shall along with you. The terms of our estate may not ... |
2,170 | 1787_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Polonius arrives to inform the Queen that Hamlet is on his way, then takes his hiding place behind the arras. Hamlet's approach to his mother is reserved and reproving. He answers her questions satirically and makes it plain that he disapproves of her incestuous marriage to her husband's brother. Queen Gertrude is alar... | [
"Scene IV.\nThe Queen's closet.",
"Enter Queen and Polonius.",
"Pol. He will come straight. Look you lay home to him.\n Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with,\n And that your Grace hath screen'd and stood between\n Much heat and him. I'll silence me even here.\n Pray you be round with... |
2,171 | 1787_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Queen Gertrude reveals to Claudius that Hamlet has killed Polonius in a fit of madness. Claudius, realizing this murder must have been meant for him, is greatly agitated. He cunningly magnifies Hamlet's insanity and the threat that it now poses, justifying his decision to send Hamlet away to England. Claudius then call... | [
"ACT IV. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King and Queen, with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.",
"King. There's matter in these sighs. These profound heaves\n You must translate; 'tis fit we understand them. Where is your son? Queen. Bestow this place on us a little while. [Exeunt Rosencrantz... |
2,172 | 1787_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In another room of the castle, Hamlet hides Polonius' body. He then greets Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who have come in search of him. Once again filled with contempt at the dishonesty of his childhood friends, he refuses to answer their queries. He simply tells them that he has "compounded" the body of Polonius with... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A passage in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet.",
"Ham. Safely stow'd.\n Gentlemen. (within) Hamlet! Lord Hamlet!\n Ham. But soft! What noise? Who calls on Hamlet? O, here they\ncome.",
"Enter Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.",
"Ros. What have you done, my lord, with the dead body? Ham. Compo... |
2,173 | 1787_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius is discussing the recent "mad" behavior of Hamlet with the members of the court. He points out the necessity of restraining Hamlet, who has become dangerous. Claudius knows Hamlet cannot be punished in a court of law, since the "distracted multitude" of people in the court love Hamlet and will avoid punishing ... | [
"Scene III.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King.",
"King. I have sent to seek him and to find the body.\n How dangerous is it that this man goes loose!\n Yet must not we put the strong law on him.\n He's lov'd of the distracted multitude,\n Who like not in their judgment, but their eyes;\... |
2,174 | 1787_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene opens on a plain in Denmark. Fortinbras, Prince of Norway, marches with his army across Denmark on the way to Poland. Hamlet enters with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and meets a captain who describes the small and worthless piece of land in Poland young Fortinbras hopes to acquire. Hamlet reflects on the fut... | [
"Scene IV.\nNear Elsinore.",
"Enter Fortinbras with his Army over the stage.",
"For. Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king.\n Tell him that by his license Fortinbras\n Craves the conveyance of a promis'd march\n Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous.\n If that his Majesty would aught with u... |
2,175 | 1787_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Horatio pleads with Gertrude to speak to Ophelia, who is distraught over her father's death. He tells the Queen that Ophelia seems to have lost her wits and goes around speaking distractedly about how her father has been murdered. Her actions are causing people to speculate on the reason for Polonius' death. When the Q... | [
"Scene V.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter Horatio, Queen, and a Gentleman.",
"Queen. I will not speak with her. Gent. She is importunate, indeed distract. Her mood will needs be pitied. Queen. What would she have? Gent. She speaks much of her father; says she hears\n There's tricks i' th' world, an... |
2,176 | 1787_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In another room in the castle, sailors give Horatio letters from Hamlet. The Prince writes that two pirate ships have attacked his own ship bound for England. Hamlet was taken aboard one of the pirate ships as a prisoner; fortunately, the pirates have been merciful towards him and helped him return to Elsinore. Hamlet ... | [
"Scene VI.\nElsinore. Another room in the Castle.",
"Enter Horatio with an Attendant.",
"Hor. What are they that would speak with me?\n Servant. Seafaring men, sir. They say they have letters for\nyou.\n Hor. Let them come in.\n [Exit Attendant.]\n I do not kno... |
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