Hamlet and Horatio come upon two gravediggers preparing a grave. this scene enhances a sense of impending tragedy in the language, by the skulls on stage, by the suggestion of suicide in the gravediggers opening speech. The arrival of the funeral party reveals the grave to be that of Ophelia, and the words of the priest suggest that her death was suicide. Laertes leaps into the grave for a final farewell to Ophelia, whereupon Hamlet joins him and grapples with him. They are then separated, the scene ends with the King reminding Laertes of their plan.
Scene 2
Hamlet relates to Horatio his discovery of the plot to kill him in England, and how he rewrote the letters ordering the death of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, before escaping to Denmark on the pirate ship. The king secretly poisons a glass of wine. Laertes wounds Hamlet with a poisoned weapon, they exchange rapiers in scuffle and Hamlet wounds Laertes. The queen drinks the wine and dies. Laertes then informs Hamlet then the rapier is poisoned so Hamlet wounds the king who then dies. this is quickly followed by Laertes death, Fortinbras enters from Poland and is elected heir to Hamlet, who then dies himself. The play then ends with praise of Hamlet by Horatio and Fortinbras.
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