• Hamlet, William Sakespeare

• Introduction
• Short Summary
• Detailed Summary
• Summary Act I-Scene-I
• Summary Act I, Scene II
• Summary Act I, Scene III
• Summary Act I, Scene IV
• Summary Act I, Scene V
• Summary Act II, Scene I
• Summary Act II, Scene II
• Summary Act III, Scene I
• Summary Act III, Scene II
• Summary Act III, Scene III
• Summary Act III, Scene IV
• Summary Act IV, Scene I-II
• Summary Act IV, Scene III-IV
• Summary Act IV, Scene V
• Summary Act IV, Scene VI-VII
• Summary Act V, Scene I
• Summary Act V, Scene II
• Character of Hamlet
• Character of Ophelia
• Themes & Topics
• University Questions & Answers
• Top 10 Quotes from Hamlet
• Best Quotes from Hamlet

Act IV, Scene-VI & VII Detailed Summary of Hamlet: "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare

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Elsinore. Another room in the Castle Some seamen arrive with a Letter for Horatio. This turns out a secret letter from Hamlet asking Horatio to let the men have way to the king for delivery of letters while he asks Horatio to come to Hamlet.

Elsinore. Another room in the Castle. Enter King and Laertes. Here the king tells Laertes the situations caused by Hamlet. Laertes asks the king why he could not punish Hamlet. The king replies that vehement public support and the love of queen for Hamlet saved Hamlet. Here the king promises good news to Laertes. Horatio comes with the messengers and letters; one for the king and the other for the queen. The letter says that Hamlet is returning alone. The king and Laertes decide to kill Hamlet and make it appear like an accident. Laertes reveals that he will poison his sword to wound Hamlet:

"I bought an unction of a mountebank,
So mortal that, but dip a knife in it,
Where it draws blood no cataplasm so rare"

The very moment queen enters with news that Ophelia has drowned in water.