In the beginning of the story, Hamlet finally finds out the truth about his father's death due to the ghost of the king. The ghost tells Hamlet to get revenge.
Claudius advises Hamlet to no longer be grieve about his father's death and that Hamlet needs to accept that he is the new king now
Hamlet goes to have a conversation with his mother about all the madness going on and hears Polonius behind the curtain and stabs him and Polonius dies
Claudius sends Hamlet overseas as an escape for not punishing him however, Claudius is secretly planning a way to kill Hamlet without anyone knowing
Ophelia cannot live with the death of her father and goes around singing about death. She eventually goes to a pond after talking to Claudius and drowns in the pond surrounded by flowers