Exposition
The play Hamlet, begins with two officers and a friend of Hamlet named Bernardo, Marcellus and Horatio guarding the palace. As they converse, a ghost who appears to look like Old King Hamlet emerges wearing armor. The three of them attempt to talk to The Ghost but to no avail. The Ghost eventually departs but returns again later, leaving Horatio trembling and pale, questioning the identity of the apparition. Assuming that it was Old King Hamlet, the trio tells Hamlet what happened the next day.
Rising Action
Once Hamlet finds out that Claudius killed his father, his main focus and priority becomes to find a way to kill his uncle with the most ease. In the end, Hamlet final plan involves him acting insane around his family and some friends. Doing so, he becomes less susceptible and less of a threat when Hamlet decides to murder Claudius, thus giving him an advantage.
Climax
Hamlet already knows that Claudius and Gertrude are watching him so he becomes very suspicious when he enters his mother's bedroom. As the two converse, Hamlet knows someone else is in the room with them and is sure the King is spying on them behing the curtains. Enraged, Hamlet draws out his sword and stabs through the curtains without knowing that it was Polonius hiding behind it. Hamlet proceeds to moving the arras, finding Polonius's body on the floor and arguing a bit more with his mother. Bidding Polonius farewell, Hamlet drags the corpse out of his mother's bedroom.
Falling Action
After Hamlet kills Polonius, the King decides to send Hamlet to England so he can be executed. When Hamlet finds out why he was being sent to England, he decides to go back to Denmark. On his way back to the palace, Hamlet sees two gravediggers working without knowing that they were digging Ophelia's grave. Eventually, he catches on to who has died and argues with Laertes in her grave. Gertrude and Claudius tell Hamlet that he is mad, thus leading Hamlet to storm off.
Resolution
Whilst Hamlet has a plan to kill his uncle, Claudius also devices a plan of his own to murder Hamlet. Assuming his scheme goes well, Laertes will challenge Hamlet to a duel but will fight him with an actual sword that is poisoned. If all else fails, Claudius will have also poisoned Hamlet's drink. During the actual duel, Queen Gertrude takes a drink from Hamlet's cup and is poisoned. Moments later, Laertes strikes Hamlet with the contaminated sword but not hard enough to kill him in the moment. Angered, Hamlet also hits Laertes with the sword once he finds out that it had been poisoned. After the mess of the duel, the Queen dies and King Claudius admits to poisoning the drink. Laertes falls on the ground consecutively, asking for forgiveness and revealing the King's plan only to die shortly after. Hamlet gives in and impales the King with the sword. Hamlet becomes the next to die and tells Horatio to stay alive so he can tell people what happened. Fortinbras marches in only to find everyone dead and crowns himself as the ruler of Denmark.