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.