Plot

Plot becomes the most important aspect of a story. Explained through characters, events and conflicts, plot is what tells a story and brings a story meaning. Moreover, plot comes to life through the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. All of these major story points bring together the points that inevitably become the plot. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the exposition (or the background information) begins right at the start of the play with the explanation of the death of Hamlet Senior and Claudius' rise to power. The exposition continues to explain the depression that Hamlet expresses to himself only. Most of the story takes the role of the rising action - the events that lead up to the major conflict and climax - as Hamlet creates tension for himself and contemplates murdering Claudius. Also, Claudius orders Hamlet to be beheaded in England - this is also a rising action. Moreover, the true climax is in Act 5 when Hamlet finally kills Claudius. After the tension in the first 4 acts between Hamlet and Claudius, this action surely serves as the climax. However, the falling action is when Hamlet ultimately kills himself and the rest of his family and most of his friends end up dead. The plot finally ends with Horatio and Fortinbras discussing the honorable funeral for Hamlet and Fortinbras' future place as King of Denmark. Therefore, the plot brings an interesting mix to the story line. Without the subtopics of plot in any story, no story would be interesting or climatic.