Revenge_Plot


 * ** Hamlet Plot Assignment: Create a graphic novella from one of the scenes in the play. **
 * You can draw the pictures, then scan them or take a photo with your phone. **
 * Arrange them in order on the wiki page, using a table. (should be at least 12 images) **

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Laertes takes the sword poisoned by himself in preparation for the battle with Hamlet over his sister’s death. ||
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King Claudius poisons a drink with the intention that Hamlet will drink it. ||
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Queen Gertrude drinks the poisoned drink before Hamlet is able to. ||
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After a difficult battle, Laertes finally penetrates Hamlet with the poisoned sword. ||
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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hamlet forces Laertes to switch swords, leading to Hamlet holding the sword with the poisoned tip. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[[image:6.jpg width="372" height="273"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">6

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hamlets stabs Laertes with the poisoned sword. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[[image:7.jpg width="368" height="267"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">7

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Queen Gertrude informs Hamlet that the cup she drank from was poisoned and it was intended to kill him. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[[image:8.jpg width="365" height="280"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">8

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Queen Gertrude dies. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[[image:9.jpg width="361" height="266"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">9

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Laertes informs Hamlet of the poisoned tip on the sword, concluding that both Hamlet and himself will die shortly. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[[image:10.jpg width="355" height="261"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">10

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Laertes confesses to everyone that King Claudius is to blame for everything. ||
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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hamlet stabs King Claudius with the same poisoned sword. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[[image:12.jpg width="349" height="242"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">12

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hamlet then forces King Claudius to drink from the cup with poison in revenge for his mother and father’s murders. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[[image:13.jpg width="353" height="255"]] || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">13

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Laertes asks Hamlet for forgiveness in killing him in revenge for Hamlet for murdering his father ||
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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Horatio wants to drink the poison but Hamlet intercedes telling him that he needs to live to spread the truth. ||
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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hamlet dies in his best friend Horatio’s arms ||
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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fortinbras returns from Poland and with the deaths of the royal family he returns order to the throne of Denmark. ||

By: Jessica Wiskar =<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">*** Pictures are screen shots from the YouTube posting of” = =<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The Shakespeare Collection - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark – BBC” a BBC production of William Shakesperes “Hamlet”. All rights Reserved. =

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Produce a short film (5 minutes) based on the play that deals with your them **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVgnFaT54Kg&list=UUa6TmSIW66y6uUNl2WI7aSA&index=1 **


 * By Tatiyonna Martins**
 * Video was made with my friends and the use of Westmount Secondary school that deals with revenging and betrayal of an individual***

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px;">Write a modern version of any of the scenes that deal with your theme. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px;">Stay true to what is going on in the character's "heads" but how things happen can be adjusted to reflect modern times. (800 words)

Hamlet and Horatio walking down an empty street to the restaurant.

Hamlet – Do you want to hear about what happened last night or what?

Horatio – Of course I do.

Hamlet – You know how Claudius sent me to England for some business meeting with those two bodyguards, well they weren’t body guards. They were hit men. We stayed in this hotel over night because our flight left the next day and I couldn’t stop thinking about what the meeting was about and why I would need two body guards.

Horatio – Well what happened?

Hamlet – I got this text in the middle of the night from a buddy I have in the police force. A while back I had asked him to look into these two guys and he said to stay away from them, that they were bad news. So I was like sh*t. Then I heard footsteps down the hall so I got my Glock from the side table and put pillows under the sheets so it looked like I was sleeping. The two guys somehow got my door open, probably the maid’s key, and came in with silenced 45’s. I was hiding behind the curtains and they shot the pillows a couple times and while they had their back turned I gave them both two to the back.

Horatio – Well that was impeccable timing.

Hamlet – The funny thing is I checked their call history on both their phones once I got out of there and the only number was Claudius’s cell. This just confirms my suspicions about Claudius killing my dad to take over the family business. Oh, and I also texted Claudius on one of their phone saying “it’s done.”

Horatio – Wow, Claudius could win stepfather of the year.

Hamlet – Now, do you want to help me kill him and take over the business that is rightfully mine.

Horatio – Definitely.

Hamlet’s phone rings.

Hamlet – (talking in the phone) Hey, what’s up Osric.

Osric – Hey, Laertes is back in town and he wants to meet tonight at the restaurant. I would be ready for a fight though, he’s pretty pissed you shot his dad and sent him to the hospital, oh and that you broke his sister’s heart as well.

Hamlet – Thanks for the heads up, do you know if Claudius is going to be there.

Osric – Yup he’ll be there, Gertrude too.

Hamlet – Thanks man, see ya tonight.

Hamlet hangs up the phone.

Hamlet is already waiting in the empty family restaurant.

Claudius enters the restaurant with Gertrude and Laertes.

Hamlet – Hey Laertes, I’m really sorry about Polonius. He was following me in a dark alley in the middle of the night and I thought it was a hit.

Laertes – I accept your apology, but I can’t forgive you as fast as you want.

Laertes (to himself) – I can’t deal with him right now, I need revenge for my father and sister.

Laertes turns around and punches Hamlet and they start to fight.

Gertrude – Stop boys! You’re going to break something!

Claudius tries to break the fight up.

Laertes pulls a gun and shoots Hamlet, but

misses and the bullet ricochets off a metal

hub cap hanging on the wall and hits Gertrude.

Gertrude falls to the ground and dies.

Claudius – you should have just followed the plan Laertes, you ruined everything!

Claudius and Laertes point their guns at each other and

shoot, Claudius is hit in the shoulder, Laertes the stomach.

They both fall to the ground.

Laertes (to Hamlet) – Hamlet I’m so sorry it was all Claudius.

Claudius is still lying on the ground only shot in the shoulder.

Hamlet (to Claudius) – This is all your fault you murderer, you killed my father and mother and now I will kill you.

As Hamlet brings his gun up to aim at Claudius,

he pulls a gun from behind him and both guns go off.

Claudius dies, and Hamlet stumbles back and falls to

the ground with a gunshot wound to the torso.

Laertes (to Hamlet) – Hamlet, I’m so sorry. Claudius got what he deserved. It was his plan to invite you here so you and I could fight and the gun would accidently go off and kill you. Please forgive me as I forgive you for what you did to my father, it wasn’t your fault just wrong time, wrong place. (dies)

Hamlet – I forgive you Laertes, may peace be with you.

Horatio runs in from the backroom.

Hamlet – I’m dying Horatio, tell everyone what happened here.

Horatio – What am I supposed to do now? You’ve been my best friend since childhood, how am I supposed to live now.

Hamlet – Give me that gun Horatio. If you love me don’t do this. Please, for me you have to live your life and tell the truth of what happened here and of what happened to my father and to the rest of the family.

Footsteps are heard from the back of the restaurant.

Hamlet – That must be Fortinbras. I always liked him even when he was a teenager just starting with us, always loyal. I want him to run the family business from now on. (dies)

Fortinbras enters with some of his men.

Fortinbras – What happened here Horatio! The boss is dead, same with all his family.

Horatio (indicates Claudius) – He should have never been the boss. I will tell you all what happened from the beginning but first we need to bury these bodies before anyone sees them and call’s the cops. Thank god the whole restaurant is sound proof.

Fortinbras – Let’s get everyone together once this is cleaned up and you can tell us then what steps we should proceed with.

Horatio – I also have a few things to say about who will now step up to be boss, Hamlet just told me, but let’s talk about that at the meeting.

Fortinbras (talking to his men) let’s get the boys a proper funeral.

Everyone exits. By: Emily Calligan
 * Draw a parallel to what is happening in Denmark to Hamlet to any conflict happening in any part of the world to day. Use examples from the play to prove your comparison. (800 words)**

Even though Hamlet was written over 400 years ago there are events happening today similar to what Shakespeare has written. In the play revenge is a very strong theme. Throughout history and in present day many actions are taken in the name of revenge. On December 20th, 2014 while stationed in an area of increased violence two NYPD officers were shot and killed. Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” did not involve and police officers in New York, but many of the details of this recent event were similar to scenes involving Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in the play. One of the biggest similarities I found were the two men performing a task and being blindsided. These two police officers were doing their job as instructed by someone of authority. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern had been brought in and instructed by Claudius to perform a task as well. Throughout the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were told to keep and eye on Hamlet, which is similar to how the officers were keeping an eye on an area of increased violence. The two police officers were in their cop car when someone snuck up, firing multiple times and killing both of them. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were following orders from Polonius when they were killed after their boat was taken over on the way to England. The offender that killed the officers had posted to social media earlier in the day hinting at what he planned to do later in the day. This post was similar to how Claudius wrote about his intentions in a letter sent with Hamlet by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to England. Claudius had written this letter explaining that Hamlet was to be killed when arriving in England. During Act 5 Scene 2 Hamlet explains to Horatio how he found out about this letter and proceeds to change it.

**Hamlet:**Up from my cabin, My sea-gown scarfed about me, in the dark Groped I to find out them, had my desire, Fingered their packet, and in fine withdrew To mine own room again, making so bold (My fears forgetting manners) to unseal Their grand commission, where I found, Horatio— O royal knavery!—an exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reasons Importing Denmark’s health, and England’s too, With—ho!—such bugs and goblins in my life That, on the supervise (no leisure bated, No, not to stay the grinding of the ax) My head should be struck off.

**Horatio**: Is ’t possible?

**Hamlet:** (shows HORATIO a document) Here’s the commission. Read it at more leisure. But wilt thou hear me how I did proceed?

**Horatio:** I beseech you.

**Hamlet:** Being thus benetted round with villainies— Ere I could make a prologue to my brains, They had begun the play—I sat me down, Devised a new commission, wrote it fair. I once did hold it, as our statists do, A baseness to write fair, and labored much How to forget that learning, but, sir, now It did me yeoman’s service. Wilt thou know Th' effect of what I wrote?

**Horatio:** Ay, good my lord.

**Hamlet:** An earnest conjuration from the king, As England was his faithful tributary, As love between them like the palm might flourish, As peace should stiff her wheaten garland wear And stand a comma ’tween their amities, And many suchlike “as’s” of great charge, That, on the view and knowing of these contents, Without debatement further, more or less, He should the bearers put to sudden death, Not shriving time allowed.

The above lines include Hamlet and Horatio talking about the letter that Claudius has written. Hamlet explains what has happen then proceeds to tell Horatio how he has altered the letter so that he will not be harmed and that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern will be the ones to take the fall when they deliver the letter. When Claudius initially asked Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to keep an eye out for Hamlet they must have knows there was a risk. When delivering this letter and Hamlet to England they seem to be unaware of what is written inside before Hamlet made the changes. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern did play a part in helping Claudius attempt to eliminate Hamlet but they had been blindsided. These two characters were murdered when only sent to deliver a letter and Hamlet to England. This is similar to how the two officers were doing their job and were then blindsided by the offender without reason. Both of these scenarios were heavily clouded with revenge. Hamlet spends the entire play planning ways he will kill Claudius in order to get revenge for his father being poisoned. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are mainly pieces used by Claudius in the game of eliminating Hamlet. These pieces get in the way of Hamlet’s revenge so he must do something about it. Killing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern does not seem to affect Hamlet because all he wants to do is get revenge on his father’s killer so he eliminates them and does not feel any remorse. Hamlet says, “They are not near my conscience; their defeat / Does by their own insinuation grow”. This eliminates any feeling of friendship he may have had for them at the beginning of the play. The post on social media made by the offender that killed the officers explains his plan saying “They take 1 of ours…..lets take 2 of theirs.” The police officers were not aware of this man and his plans of revenge. The officers were blindsided because they had not been directly involved with the situation the man was getting revenge on but part of the group of police officers as a whole. Actions were taken in the name of revenge and two lives were taken. One difference between Hamlet’s revenge and the offender’s revenge was that the offender ended his life shortly after killing the two officers. Hamlet proceeded to carry out his plan of revenge. This again, is similar to how Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are not aware of the full reason Claudius is getting them to keep an eye out for Hamlet. Their lives are compromised which was definitely not what they had planned on getting themselves into. The events happening on December 20th, 2014 had many similarities to what Shakespeare wrote in his play “Hamlet”. Revenge was a major theme in his writing and over time has continued to be the cause of many events that still take place today.

__ Bibliography __

"Two NYPD Cops 'assassinated' in Brooklyn 'revenge' Killing." NY Daily News. Web. 4 Jan. 2015. <http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/cops-shot-brooklyn-sources-article-1.2051941>.

"Two Police Officers Shot and Killed in New York City: What We Know." Vox. 24 Dec. 2014. Web. 4 Jan. 2015. <http://www.vox.com/2014/12/20/7428179/nypd-officers-shot-killed>.

By: Claire Ross