True Story Of Hamlet

Short Story

The True Story Of Hamlet

"Who's there?" said Bernardo the watchmen

"it is I, Francisco here to relieve you."

"it sure is cold and creepy out tonight, where is Horatio he is late?"

"Gentlemen how are you tonight?" asked Horatio

The guards replied at the same instant, "fine"

"Good night and stay warm" said Francisco

Shortly there after Marcellus arrives and they see a ghostlike figure in the distance and Bernardo is positive it was the late great king of Denmark. Horatio quickly agrees and Marcellus is persuaded by the others judgment that it indeed is the ghost of the king.

"Everything is working out great." said Bernardo

Horatio just glanced over to acknowledge that he understood but Marcellus was so scared at the time he didn't even notice. The Guards and Horatio go get Prince Hamlet, son of the late King Hamlet of Denmark and take him to the top of the castle to see for himself but the Prince was delusional and vulnerable. He came anyway and when the ghost appeared in the thick fog it almost seemed real to Horatio whom played a strong role of playing shocked and scared but he knew that it was not the old king, but Hamlet didn't know that and in his state of denial of the recent events in his life he is sucked into believing that it is true and his father has come back to help him. Marcellus and Horatio try and come up with a rational explanation but Marcellus could not think of one and leaves Horatio with knowledge that they believe. Was it true? Did this really happen? The night before last Horatio was in the castle and walked passed King Claudius's chamber and overheard him confessing his sins to god and overheard the whole story on how and whom killed King Hamlet.

The next morning King Claudius, Hamlets uncle celebrates his marriage to Gertrude Hamlets mother and Claudius proclaims that Hamlet will be king when he is ready to be king. Hamlet obsessed over his new findings and his depression becomes angry and looks upon Claudius with bad eyes since his whore mother whom married less then a month after his fathers death to his uncle keeps asking him to cast away these nightly colors that he is wearing and through all of this brings anxiety to Hamlet and he feels something's strange and that he should not be forgetting his father.

(Hamlet speaks to himself)

O God! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourned longer, married with mine uncle, My father's brother; but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month; Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes,

She married O, most wicked speed, to post With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!

As time passed the ghost returned and only to suggest foul play was involved in his murder but since the ghost is questionable to even be the spirit of Hamlets father it is strange that he is demanding revenge but when the ghost tells Hamlet how his death really occurred Hamlet got set off and without much thinking wanted revenge.

Polonius the head of state gets in the way of the plans he insists that Hamlet is mad for Ophelia his daughter so the king spy's on the two of them to try and piece what is wrong with Hamlet together. That night at the play Hamlet asks his close friend Horatio to watch the king for any sign that he committed the murder and he got what he asked for as the play was cut short and the King demanded air. Hamlet stayed committed to revenge and knew that the ghost was real based on the events that have been occurring. Hamlet speaks with his mother that night and when his mother screams he hears a noise from behind the curtain, thinking it was the king Hamlet lounges forward and stabs through the drape murdering the rat, also reveled as Polonius.

The King sends Rosencrantz and