The document summarizes William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. It describes the plot, where Hamlet's father is murdered by his uncle Claudius who then marries Hamlet's mother. Hamlet decides to avenge his father's death by pretending to be mad. He stages a play to prove Claudius' guilt which disturbs the king. Hamlet eventually kills Polonius, thinking it was Claudius, which drives Ophelia mad with grief until she drowns. At Ophelia's funeral, Hamlet and Laertes duel but both are fatally wounded by a poisoned blade meant for Hamlet.