Horatio and the watchmen bring some news to Hamlet, and the news is that they have seen the ghost of his father. Hamlet wants to see for himself what exactly is going on so he wanders into the woods to discover the ghost of his father, and his father tells Hamlet that Claudius killed him. The ghost then pursues to persuade Hamlet to take revenge against the man who took his life, wife, and throne.
After the death of the former King of Denmark, Hamlet’s father, not only do those related to the great Dane undergo the five stages of grief, but the whole kingdom does as well. It is clear that through the many examples from the play that the kingdom participates in the experience of grief by losing their king. Also, others throughout the play both as one broken family and individually, show signs of experiencing grief. The characters in this broken family live in the kingdom and it includes, Hamlet, Gertrude, Claudius, Polonius, Laertes, and