The story takes place in Denmark on the royal courtyard. One day dies the king of Denmark and everybody thinks that it was by an accident. But the spirit of dead king tells to his son Hamlet the true – that was murdered by his brother and Hamlet’s Uncle Claudius. Hamlet but has no proofs to achieve this fact.
Brother and murderer Claudius started to rule after the king’s death in Denmark. He marries also with Gertrude (Hamlet’s mother). Hamlet wants to revenge his father but he hesitates if he is the right person to punish others´ sins. He keeps his secret.
Hamlet falls in love with the daughter of Polonius – Ophelia. She becomes a source of piece for him in these hard times, but even to her he doesn’t tell the true about the murder of his father, so she is a little bit confused with his moods.
One day comes the theatrical group to the court and that is the chance to Hamlet. He arranges the play in the theatre for Claudius, where will be the true story of his brother performed. When it happens and the performance is in the situation, that the actor – brother – kills the king, Claudius stands up and leaves the theatre. And this is the proof for Hamlet, that he has done it! Claudius sends Hamlet to England, where he should be killed. But he returns. But He kills on the way by accident Polonius in his mother’s bedroom (the thought it was a spy) and when he returns, he notices that his love Ophelia committed a suicide by drowning. She could not stand the secrecy (tajnůstkářství) of Hamlet.
At the end Laertes (brother of Ophelia and son of Polonius) wants to revenge whole his family. He joins Claudius and his wish to kill Hamlet.
The story ends with the great battle in which Laertes kills Hamlet with the poisoned sword, but before Hamlet’s death the Prince of Denmark catches in (stihnout) to kill Laertes and Claudius. His mother also dies, when she drinks the poisoned wine, which Claudius has prepared for Hamlet (if Laertes wouldn’t defeat him). At the door-step of death Hamlet thinks about his deeds, about his revenge and about the meaning of life and then as the greet hero finally dies. Only one who survives and can spread this story to the others is his best friend Horatius.