Hamlet :Acts 4 & 5

Now, get you to my lady’s chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favor she must come. Quote is spoken by Hamlet as he analyzes Yorick’s skull. Literal meaning: Tell women that no matter how much make-up or effort they put into their appearance, they will still die and look just like the skull in his hand.
There’s a rough divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will. Hamlet; There is a fate/divine power that controls our life and its outcome regardless how we try to change it.
We defy augury. There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. Since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is’t to leave betimes? Hamlet; If we are meant to die–and we are prepared to die–what does it matter when we die? We must always be ready. ~There is an acceptance of fate/death within these lines. Sometimes seen as an element of foreshadowing.
Fortinbras Conquers Denmark only to find the entire royal family has murdered one another
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Reported dead by English ambassador
Laertes Has returned to avenge his father’s murder and collaborates with Claudius to set a trap for Hamlet. However, he is caught in his own trap
Ophelia Driven insane after the death of her father, she drowns when she falls into a nearby brook
Claudius Has ordered England to kill Hamlet and is surprised when Hamlet returns home. Collaborates with Laertes to kill Hamlet, only to be killed (stabbed and poisoned) by Hamlet
Gertrude Killed by drinking the poisonous drink Claudius had prepared for Hamlet
Hamlet Killed in a duel with Laertes when he is stabbed with a sword that has been poisoned. Tells Horatio to tell the story of Denmark to the public; blesses the reign of Fortinbras.
Horatio Honors his promise to Hamlet to tell the story of the royal family to all who will listen
8 Death toll of Hamlet–Polonius, Ophelia, Laertes, Claudius, Gertrude, Hamlet, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern
Gravedigger A common man who is able to spar with Hamlet intellectually. He messes with Hamlet as he returns to Denmark
September 4, 2019