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In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Claudius has concocted a scheme to gain revenge against and ultimately kill Hamlet. How can I use this sequence chain...

A lot happens in this final act of Hamlet, so narrowing everything down to those five remaining boxes is challenging. If I were you, I would start with a list of all the major things that happen from Claudius arranging the duel until the end of the play. 


  • Hamlet has a philosophical chat with the gravedigger.

  • Ophelia's funeral comes by and Laertes is mourning very loudly and publicly, even jumping into her grave.

  • Hamlet...

A lot happens in this final act of Hamlet, so narrowing everything down to those five remaining boxes is challenging. If I were you, I would start with a list of all the major things that happen from Claudius arranging the duel until the end of the play. 


  • Hamlet has a philosophical chat with the gravedigger.

  • Ophelia's funeral comes by and Laertes is mourning very loudly and publicly, even jumping into her grave.

  • Hamlet jumps in too and starts fighting with Laertes about who loved Ophelia more.

  • Hamlet challenges Laertes to a duel.

  • [etc. until the end of the play]

After you have your list done, you can pick out the most critical parts. For example, for this first part, I can cut out Hamlet's conversation with the grave-digger entirely, because it isn't important to Claudius' murder plot. Then I would condense the other three bullet points so they fit into just one box: "Hamlet and Laertes fight in Ophelia's grave and Hamlet challenges Laertes to a duel."

Follow this method for Act 5, scene 2, and you should be able to come up with the last 4 boxes. 

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