Response to Plot Development in Hamlet
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Lesson 13, Key Question 3 Response to Plot Development in Hamlet Shakespeare skillfully brings together the main plot and subplots of the play, and moves rapidly towards the final resolution. He incorporates the main incidents of importance: the Revenge plot, the Norwegian subplot, and the Romantic subplot. On conclusion of the denouement in Act 4, the audience has an inclination of what the outcome for Act 5 may be. Shakespeare begins Act 4 introducing the conclusion of Act 3, the murder of Polonius. Then he incorporates the romantic subplot with the main plot when Hamlet is banished to England (under secret sentence of death). But later Hamlet's return is reported when Horatio receives a letter from Hamlet delivered from the gentlemen of the castle. Hamlet has plans to take direct action towards the King on his return. His return is reported again when messengers hand Claudius, the King, letters from Hamlet noting his...

