This fictional family tree maker opens with Hamlet, drawn as a story chart that moves act by act. Every story chart of the site opens in the same editor, and any of them can be copied and made into the family of your own story.
The editor shows the chart as a preview, and nothing in it is saved. Every chart on this page opens in the full editor without an account, from the button above it.
Every story chart is listed belowScroll on and the play moves forward. Nothing is shown before its act.
Each chart is our own drawing, and none uses a picture from a film. Search by work, by author or by any character, and narrow the list by medium and genre.
All 76 story charts are shown.
Families from the page and the stage, drawn from the text of the work.
66 chartsNo. 01 Play about 1600
William Shakespeare
The Danish court in the play by Shakespeare, as a story chart with six positions from before the play to Act V. Move Story position to read the court as it stands at the end of each act.
No. 02 Series 2005
Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman
Stan, Francine, Hayley and Steve Smith with Roger, Klaus and Jeff, and the parents, adoptive parents and half-brother the series has named, as a story chart in four positions from 2005 to the return to Fox in 2026.
No. 03 Novel 1930
William Faulkner
Addie and Anse Bundren, their five children and the minister who is Jewel’s father, with the neighbours who watch the journey to Jefferson. A story chart in five positions, from the farm to the burial.
No. 04 Series 2005
Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko
The Fire Nation royal family from Sozin to General Iroh, Katara and Sokka’s family of the Southern Water Tribe, and Aang’s line into The Legend of Korra, as a story chart in seven positions, one for each book of the two series.
No. 05 Novel 1987
Toni Morrison
Sethe, Halle and their four children, Baby Suggs, and the people of Sweet Home and Cincinnati, as a story chart over the three parts of the novel by Toni Morrison.
No. 06 Video game 2025
Dogubomb
Simon P. Jones, heir of Mount Holly, with his grand-uncle Herbert S. Sinclair, his mother Mary and the Sinclairs and Epsens of the Root Cellar tree, as a story chart over three clues of the game.
No. 07 Series 2025
Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis
Reverend Edwin Peters, Mae Silver and her children Lena, Jonah and Sarah, beside Frank Reagan, Danny and his sons Jack and Sean. A story chart of the first season of the CBS series, from the pilot to the episode in which Lena learns who her father is.
No. 08 Novel 1879 to 1880
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov, his two wives and his three sons, with Smerdyakov, the servants who raised them and the two women the brothers love. A story chart in six positions, from the family history of Book I to the epilogue.
No. 09 Film 2024
Celine Held and Logan George
Ellie, her mother Celeste, her stepfather Daniel and her stepsister Anna, and Paris Lang and his parents, as a story chart over the time slips of the 2024 film.
No. 10 Film 2017
Pixar Animation Studios
Miguel Rivera, his great-great-grandparents Imelda and Héctor, Mamá Coco and the living and dead Riveras of Santa Cecilia, as a story chart in five positions that follow the Pixar film Coco.
No. 11 Series 2017
Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese
The Kahnwalds, the Nielsens, the Dopplers and the Tiedemanns of Winden, each person drawn once at every age, with the loops in time drawn as their own lines. A story chart in four positions, one for each season and one for the origin world of the last episode.
No. 12 Series From 1965
Ted Corday and Betty Corday
Tom and Alice Horton, their five children and the grandchildren of Addie, Mickey and Bill, with some of their children, as a story chart in four positions from 1965 to 2019 that keeps to the core of the family.
No. 13 Novel 1952
John Steinbeck
Samuel and Liza Hamilton with their nine children and the narrator, beside Cyrus Trask, his sons Adam and Charles, Cathy and the twins Cal and Aron. A story chart in four positions, one for each part of the novel by John Steinbeck.
No. 14 Video game 2022
FromSoftware
Queen Marika, her two Elden Lords Godfrey and Radagon, Rennala and the demigods down to Messmer of Shadow of the Erdtree, as a story chart over the main path of the game.
No. 15 Video game 2015
Intelligent Systems
The royal houses of Hoshido and Nohr, with Corrin and Azura raised between them and three children of the next generation, as a story chart up to and after the choice of chapter 6.
No. 16 Novel 2003
Erin Hunter
Firestar, born Rusty and named Fireheart, with his sister Princess, his mate Sandstorm, their daughters Squirrelflight and Leafpool and the Three, as a story chart in five positions that follow the arcs of Warriors by Erin Hunter.
No. 17 Novel 1906 to 1921
John Galsworthy
Old Jolyon and James Forsyte, their children and grandchildren, with Irene between Soames and young Jolyon and the love of Fleur and Jon. A story chart in five positions, one for each book of the Saga by John Galsworthy.
No. 18 Novel 2016
Yaa Gyasi
Maame and her daughters Effia and Esi, and the two lines that run from them across seven generations, one in the Gold Coast and Ghana and one in America, down to Marjorie and Marcus. A story chart in seven positions, one for each generation of the novel by Yaa Gyasi.
No. 19 Novel 1982
Isabel Allende
Four generations from Severo and Nívea del Valle to Alba, with the García line of Tres Marías, as a story chart over the fourteen chapters and epilogue of the novel by Isabel Allende.
No. 20 Novel 2008–2025
Suzanne Collins
Burdock Everdeen and Asterid March with Katniss and Prim, beside the Mellarks, the Donners, the Covey and the Snows of the prequels. A story chart in six positions, one for each novel by Suzanne Collins in the order of the story and one for the epilogue.
No. 21 Novel 1847
Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre’s mother’s family at Gateshead, her father’s family at Moor House and the Rochesters of Thornfield, as a story chart in seven positions. Each tie appears at the chapter where Jane learns it.
No. 22 Novel 2019
Jolie Vines
The couple of each Marry the Scot and Wild Scots book by Jolie Vines in reading order, with Lennox McRae and Isobel Fitzroy under their parents, as a story chart.
No. 23 Novel 1989
Amy Tan
Suyuan and Jing-mei Woo, An-mei Hsu and Rose, Lindo and Waverly Jong, and Ying-ying and Lena St. Clair, with the husbands, the twins left in China and the past in China. A story chart in four positions, one for each section of the novel by Amy Tan.
No. 24 Film 1994
Walt Disney Pictures
Mufasa and his adopted brother Scar, Sarabi, Simba, Nala, Kiara and Kovu, with Zira’s Outsiders and Timon’s family, as a story chart in four positions that follow the Disney films of 1994, 1998, 2004 and 2024.
No. 25 Novel 1932 to 1943
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Charles and Caroline Ingalls with Mary, Laura, Carrie, Freddie and Grace, and Laura’s marriage to Almanzo Wilder and their daughter Rose. A story chart of the real family in seven positions, from 1867 to their later lives.
No. 26 Novel 1954–1955
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Bagginses of Hobbiton with the Tooks and the Brandybucks, from Balbo Baggins and the Old Took to Bilbo, Frodo, Merry and Pippin. A story chart in seven positions, one for each book of the novel by Tolkien and one for Appendix B.
No. 27 Novel 2021
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Ailey Pearl Garfield with her sisters, her parents Belle and Geoff, Dear Pearl, Uncle Root and the line back to Eliza Two and the Songs, as a story chart in two parts of the novel.
No. 28 Play printed 1623
William Shakespeare
Duncan and his sons, Banquo and Fleance, Macbeth and his wife, the Macduffs of Fife and the Siwards of Northumberland, as a story chart with six positions from before the play to Act V.
No. 29 Novel 2020
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Howard Doyle, his wives, his children and his brother’s line at High Place, with Noemí Taboada and her cousin Catalina, as a story chart in five positions over the 27 chapters of the novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
No. 30 Series 1999
Masashi Kishimoto
Hashirama and Tobirama Senju, Mito Uzumaki, Tsunade, Kushina and Minato, Naruto and Hinata and their children, with the sons of the Sage and the Uchiha who touch them, as a story chart in four positions that follow the Naruto manga.
No. 31 Series 1997
Eiichiro Oda
Monkey D. Luffy, his father Dragon, his grandfather Garp, his sworn brothers Ace and Sabo and the people who raised them, as a story chart in seven positions that follow the One Piece manga by Eiichiro Oda to chapter 1198.
No. 32 Novel and series 1991
Diana Gabaldon
Jamie Fraser and Claire, their children and in-laws, the MacKenzies of Leoch and the Randalls, with the real Lord Lovat marked, as a story chart over the first seven Outlander novels, 1991 to 2009.
No. 33 Novel 2017
Min Jin Lee
Hoonie and Yangjin of Yeongdo, their daughter Sunja, the pastor Baek Isak and his brothers, Koh Hansu, Noa, Mozasu and Solomon. A story chart in three positions, one for each book of the novel by Min Jin Lee.
No. 34 Novel 1817
Jane Austen
Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall and his three daughters in the novel by Jane Austen, with the Musgroves, the heir presumptive, the Crofts and Captain Wentworth, as a story chart from the broken engagement of 1806 to the end.
No. 35 Series 2010
I. Marlene King
The Marins, Montgomerys and Fields of the four Liars, beside the Hastings, the DiLaurentis family and Mary Drake, with A, Big A and A.D. unmasked season by season. A story chart in seven positions, one for each season of the series.
No. 36 Novel 2014–2016
Pierce Brown
Darrow of Lykos and his Gold name Andromedus, beside the Augustus family of Mars, the Bellonas, the Barcas and the Lunes. A story chart in three positions, one for each book of the first trilogy by Pierce Brown.
No. 37 Play printed 1597
William Shakespeare
The two feuding houses of Verona in the play by Shakespeare, with the Prince and his kinsmen Mercutio and Paris, as a story chart with six positions from before the play to Act V.
No. 38 Novel 1976
Alex Haley
Omoro and Binta Kinte of Juffure, Kunta Kinte and Bell, Kizzy, Chicken George, Tom Murray, Cynthia, Bertha and Alex Haley, as the book tells the descent. A story chart in seven positions, one for each generation of Roots by Alex Haley.
No. 39 Series 2015 to 2020
Eugene Levy and Dan Levy
Johnny and Moira Rose and their children, Roland and Jocelyn Schitt with Mutt and the baby, and the old Jack Schitt joke set apart, as a story chart in four positions across the six seasons of the series created by Eugene Levy and Dan Levy.
No. 40 Novel 1811
Jane Austen
The Dashwoods of Norland and the Ferrars family in the novel by Jane Austen, with Colonel Brandon, Willoughby and the Steele sisters, as a story chart that moves through the three volumes to the two marriages at the end.
No. 41 Series 2022 to 2025
Dan Erickson
Kier Eagan, his twin Dieter, his children Ambrose and Myrtle and the chief executives of Lumon down to Jame and Helena, as a story chart in four positions across the two aired seasons of the Apple TV+ series created by Dan Erickson.
No. 42 Series 1999
David Chase
Johnny Boy and Livia Soprano, their children Tony and Janice, Uncle Junior, Carmela, Meadow and A.J., the Moltisantis and the Apriles, with the DiMeo and New York crime families as factions. A story chart in seven positions, one for each season of the HBO series and two for the sixth.
No. 43 Series 2018 to 2023
Jesse Armstrong
Logan Roy, his three wives and his four children, with Ewan, Greg and the board of Waystar Royco as factions, as a story chart in five positions across the four seasons of the HBO series created by Jesse Armstrong.
No. 44 Novel 1973
Toni Morrison
Eva Peace, her daughter Hannah and granddaughter Sula, and the Wright household of Helene and Nel, as a story chart over the dated chapters of the novel by Toni Morrison, from 1919 to 1965.
No. 45 Video game 2019
SFB Games
Freya Fellow, the victim of Tangle Tower, with the Fellows of the west tower, the Pointers of the east tower and the Remingtons who join them, as a story chart over three clues of the game.
No. 46 Novel 2015
George R. R. Martin
The Targaryens in the time of Dunk and Egg, from Aegon IV and Daeron II to Baelor Breakspear, Maekar and his four sons, with the Blackfyre and Rivers bastards. A story chart in five positions, one for each novella of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and one for each of the two later reigns.
No. 47 Series 2022
Christopher Storer
Donna Berzatto and her children Mikey, Natalie and Carmy, with Pete and baby Sophie, cousin Michelle, the Jerimoviches, the Faks, Uncle Jimmy, Uncle Lee and Sydney. A story chart in four positions, one for each of the first four seasons of the FX series.
No. 48 Play 1953
Arthur Miller
The Parris, Proctor, Putnam, Nurse and Corey households of the play by Arthur Miller, with the accusers, the accused and the court, as a story chart from before the play to Act IV.
No. 49 Novel 1997
Arundhati Roy
Pappachi and Mammachi, Baby Kochamma, Chacko and Ammu, and the twins Estha and Rahel, with Velutha’s family, as a story chart across 1969 and 1993 in the novel by Arundhati Roy.
No. 50 Series and novel 2025
Liane Moriarty
Connie and Rose Doughty, the Munro baby Enigma and the three generations after them on Scribbly Gum Island, as the Binge series of 2025 draws them, with Sophie Honeywell, the heir to Connie’s house.
No. 51 Play 1987
August Wilson
Papa Boy Willie, who carved the piano, Mama Berniece and Papa Boy Charles, who were traded for it, Boy Charles and his brothers Doaker and Wining Boy, and Berniece and Boy Willie, beside the Sutters. A story chart in seven positions, one for each scene of the play by August Wilson.
No. 52 Video game 2025
Jeremy Johnston and Robin Ward
The frame of the Roottree family tree in The Roottrees are Dead, from Elias Roottree and the five branches below him to Carl and the three sisters lost in the crash of 1998, with each link marked by its source.
No. 53 Novel 1958
Chinua Achebe
Okonkwo, his father Unoka, his three wives and his children Nwoye and Ezinma, with Ikemefuna, his mother’s brother Uchendu, his friend Obierika and the mission. A story chart in three positions, one for each part of the novel by Chinua Achebe.
No. 54 Novel 2012–2018
Sarah J. Maas
Aelin Ashryver Galathynius with the line of Terrasen from Brannon, the Ashryver kin of her mother, the Havilliards of Adarlan and the Fae queens of Doranelle. A story chart in seven positions, one for each novel of the series by Sarah J. Maas.
No. 55 Novel 1960
Harper Lee
Atticus Finch, his children Jem and Scout, his sister Alexandra and the households of Maycomb, as a story chart in six positions that follow the 31 chapters of the novel by Harper Lee.
No. 56 Series 2012 to 2018
Julie Plec
Mikael and Esther, their seven children, Klaus’s werewolf father Ansel and his daughter Hope, with the sire lines of the Originals and the bloodline of Klaus, as a story chart across The Vampire Diaries and The Originals.
No. 57 Novel and series Novel 2014, series 2025
E. Lockhart
Harris and Tipper Sinclair, their three daughters and the four Liars of Beechwood Island, as a story chart in four positions across the first season of the Prime Video series, with the one grandchild of the novel by E. Lockhart the series leaves out.
No. 58 Series 2025
Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti
Major Leroy Hanlon, Charlotte and their son Will, Hank and Ronnie Grogan, Lilly, Marge and Rich, with Dick Hallorann, and the next generation of It, Mike Hanlon, Richie Tozier and Beverly Marsh. A story chart of the first season of the HBO series.
No. 59 Novel 2023
Emilia Hart
Jennet and Altha Weyward in 1619, Elizabeth Weyward and her daughter Violet in 1942, and Kate and her daughter in 2019, with the Ayres family between them. A story chart in four positions, one for each year of the novel by Emilia Hart and one for its ending.
No. 60 Novel 2024
Sarah A. Parker
Raeve and Elluin Neván, Kaan Vaegor and his brothers Cadok and Tyroth, their sister Veya, Kyzari and Arkyn, as a story chart over Book 1 of the Moonfall series, each line from the fan guides.
No. 61 Film 1974
Len Wein, John Romita Sr. and Herb Trimpe
Logan, born James Howlett, with the Howletts, Thomas and Dog Logan, his son Daken, his daughter Laura Kinney and her clone sister Gabby, as a story chart in five positions, one for each comics run that added to the family.
No. 62 Novel 1847
Emily Brontë
The two families of the novel by Emily Brontë across two generations, as a story chart with four positions, two in each volume. Move Story position to follow the marriages and the deaths that bring the property to Heathcliff.
No. 63 Novel 1813
Jane Austen
Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters, with the marriages that close the novel by Jane Austen. Charlotte Lucas and Mr Collins, the heir to Longbourn, appear beside them.
No. 64 Novel 1868
Louisa May Alcott
The four March sisters of the novel by Louisa May Alcott, with the marriages of Meg, Jo and Amy and the death of Beth. Meg and John Brooke have the twins Demi and Daisy.
No. 65 Series and film 1964
Charles Addams
Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Fester, Grandmama and the Frumps as a story chart in six readings, one for each version from the New Yorker cartoons to Netflix’s Wednesday.
No. 66 Novel and film 1997
J. K. Rowling
Harry between the Potters, the Evans sisters and the Dursleys who raised him, with the Weasleys he married into and his godfather Sirius Black.
Families from films and television, each with a guide under Learn that reads the chart.
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No. 67 Film 2021
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Alma Madrigal, her triplets Julieta, Pepa and Bruno, their spouses and six grandchildren, with the estrangement and return of Bruno.
No. 68 Series 1989
Matt Groening
Three generations of the Simpson and Bouvier families up to season 19, with an adopted half-brother, twin aunts, an adopted cousin and the two pets.
No. 69 Film 1977
George Lucas
The Skywalker, Lars, Organa and Solo families across Episodes I to IX, with the twins’ birth parents, the relatives who raised them and Palpatine’s line to Rey.
No. 70 Series 2009
Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan
Jay’s two marriages, Gloria’s two marriages and the households of their children across the 11 seasons, with two adoptions and a pair of twins.
No. 71 Series 2011
David Benioff and D. B. Weiss
Two houses of the HBO series through its eighth season, with Jon Snow’s parentage and the parentage of Cersei’s children as the series reveals them.
No. 72 Film 2006
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
The six people of the film’s household, with Dwayne’s father, Richard’s mother and the parents of Sheryl and Frank drawn only to join the lines.
No. 73 Series 1994
David Crane and Marta Kauffman
Ross with his parents and grandmother, his three marriages and two children, and his sister Monica with Chandler and the twins they adopt.
No. 74 Film 2008
Jonathan Demme
Paul and Abby, divorced and each married again, their daughters Rachel and Kym, the son who drowned, and Rachel’s new husband and pregnancy.
No. 75 Film 1993
Lasse Hallström
Bonnie Grape and her late husband, their five children in birth order, and the household of the house in Endora, with what the film states and nothing more.
No. 76 Series 2018
Taylor Sheridan
Six generations of Duttons from 1883 to Marshals and Dutton Ranch, with the spouses, the adopted sons and the facts the series leaves open marked with a question mark.
A story chart keeps every symbol of a genogram and adds what a plot needs. Everything here is read from the Hamlet chart at the top of the page. Choose a point of the play, and each part shows the court at that point.
One bar at the foot of the editor moves the chart from point to point, and the chart shows only what is true at the point reached.
A person who is not yet known stands under another name until the point that reveals them. The chart then joins the two.
The court believes that a serpent stung the sleeping king. The Ghost tells Hamlet who it was.
A line carries what each person feels toward the other, and its words and its kind can change from one point to the next.
The line between Hamlet and Claudius is not drawn before Act I.
Each faction has a colour and a mark beside the symbol of each member. A person can join or leave a faction at a point.
Each point carries event cards with the people involved, a source and, for some, a picture. On a story chart the cards and the story position share one bar.
3 event cards are filed under Before the play, of 17 on the chart.
Battle Before the play
Years before the play, King Hamlet of Denmark killed Old Fortinbras of Norway in single combat and won the lands staked on the fight. Young Fortinbras means to take them back.
People King Hamlet, Old Fortinbras, Fortinbras
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, scene 1, Folger Shakespeare Library
Death Before the play
King Hamlet dies while he sleeps in his orchard. The court is told that a serpent stung him. His brother Claudius takes the crown.
People King Hamlet, The serpent, Claudius
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, scenes 2 and 5, Folger Shakespeare Library
Marriage Before the play
Within two months of her husband’s death, Queen Gertrude marries his brother Claudius, the new King. Prince Hamlet, home from the university at Wittenberg, still mourns his father.
People Gertrude, Claudius, Hamlet
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, scene 2, Folger Shakespeare Library
Picture Edwin Austin Abbey, 1895. Public domain.
Scene Act I
On the battlements of Elsinore the watch see a ghost in the armour of the dead King. Horatio, Hamlet’s friend from Wittenberg, sees it too and resolves to tell the prince.
People King Hamlet, Horatio, Hamlet
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, scene 1, Folger Shakespeare Library
Scene Act I
Laertes sails for France and warns his sister Ophelia against the prince’s love. Their father Polonius orders her to see Hamlet no more, and she promises to obey.
People Laertes, Ophelia, Polonius, Hamlet
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, scene 3, Folger Shakespeare Library
Scene Act I
Alone with Hamlet, the Ghost says that it is his father’s spirit. The serpent that stung the King now wears his crown, for Claudius poured poison in his ear. Hamlet swears to remember, and to put on an antic disposition.
People King Hamlet, Hamlet, Claudius
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I, scene 5, Folger Shakespeare Library
Picture Eugène Delacroix, 1843. CC0.
Scene Act II
Ophelia obeys her father and turns Hamlet’s letters away. When the prince comes to her pale and silent, Polonius decides that love has made him mad.
People Ophelia, Hamlet, Polonius
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, scene 1, Folger Shakespeare Library
Scene Act II
The King and Queen send for two of Hamlet’s schoolfellows to find the cause of his madness. Hamlet makes them admit that they were sent for.
People Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Claudius, Gertrude, Hamlet
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, scene 2, Folger Shakespeare Library
Scene Act II
A company of players arrives at Elsinore. Hamlet asks them to act a murder like his father’s before the King, for the play is the thing in which he will catch the conscience of the King.
People Hamlet
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act II, scene 2, Folger Shakespeare Library
Scene Act III
The players perform The Murder of Gonzago before the court. When the poisoner pours poison in the sleeping king’s ear, Claudius rises, calls for lights and leaves. Hamlet and Horatio are sure of his guilt.
People Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Horatio, Ophelia, Polonius
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, scene 2, Folger Shakespeare Library
Picture Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897. Public domain.
Death Act III
In the Queen’s room Hamlet hears a cry behind the hanging, takes the hidden man for the King and runs his sword through the arras. He has killed Polonius.
People Polonius, Hamlet, Gertrude
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, scene 4, Folger Shakespeare Library
Picture Eugène Delacroix, 1834 to 1843. CC0.
Scene Act IV
The King sends Hamlet to England with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. They carry letters that ask the English king for the present death of Hamlet.
People Hamlet, Claudius, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, scene 3, Folger Shakespeare Library
Scene Act IV
Laertes comes back from France at the head of a crowd, set on revenge for his father. The King turns his anger on Hamlet, and the two plan a fencing match with a poisoned foil.
People Laertes, Claudius
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, scenes 5 and 7, Folger Shakespeare Library
Death Act IV
Her mind broken by her father’s death, Ophelia climbs a willow over a brook to hang garlands on it. A branch breaks, and she drowns. The Queen brings the news to Laertes.
People Ophelia, Gertrude, Laertes
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, scene 7, Folger Shakespeare Library
Picture John Everett Millais, about 1851. Public domain.
Scene Act V
Back in Denmark, Hamlet and Horatio watch a gravedigger turn up the skull of Yorick, the King’s jester. The grave is Ophelia’s. At her burial Hamlet declares that he loved her, and grapples with Laertes in the grave.
People Hamlet, Horatio, Laertes, Ophelia
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V, scene 1, Folger Shakespeare Library
Picture Eugène Delacroix, 1839. Public domain.
Battle Act V
Laertes wounds Hamlet with the poisoned foil, and in the scuffle Hamlet wounds him with it. The Queen drinks from the cup the King poisoned for Hamlet. Dying, Laertes says the King is to blame, and Hamlet kills Claudius before he dies himself.
People Hamlet, Laertes, Claudius, Gertrude
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V, scene 2, Folger Shakespeare Library
Accession Act V
Fortinbras arrives from Poland to find the court dead. Hamlet gave him his dying voice, and he claims the kingdom. Horatio lives to tell the story.
People Fortinbras, Horatio, Hamlet
Source William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V, scene 2, Folger Shakespeare Library
The fictional family tree maker is the editor that draws a clinical genogram. A chart becomes a story chart in one step.
In the Style panel, set Chart for to Story. Every symbol and line stays as it was.
In Story points, add the chapters, acts, episodes or seasons of the work.
In What appears when, set the point at which each person enters the story and the point at which they die.
In Factions, give each house or party a colour and a mark. On a line, write what each side feels.
File an event card under the point of each turn of the plot, so that it opens when the reader reaches it.
A free account saves the chart, exports it as PNG and PDF and shares it in Community.
The families of a story, with the marriages, children and deaths the story records. A story chart adds the points of the story, so the family is read as it stands at a chapter, act or season.
A story chart opens at the point its maker saved. Hamlet opens before the play, and nothing from a later act is drawn until the story position reaches it. The charts of films and series show each family as the whole work leaves it.
The charts of novels and plays follow the text, and each Hamlet event card names its act and scene. The guides of films and series keep to what the work states and mark the lines that are readings of it.
No. Every chart here is our own drawing, and the portraits of the Hamlet scene and its cards are details of paintings and prints in the public domain.
Every chart on this page opens in the editor without an account. Saving, exporting as PNG or PDF and sharing in Community need a free account.
The charts on this page are drawn by the editor. The portraits of the Hamlet scene and the pictures of its event cards are details of works in the public domain, listed here with their files on Wikimedia Commons.
King Hamlet, from Hamlet and his father’s Ghost, a drawing. Henry Fuseli, about 1780 to 1785. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
Gertrude, from The Queen in Hamlet, a pastel. Edwin Austin Abbey, 1895. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
Claudius, from The Play Scene in Hamlet, a painting. Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
Polonius, from Polonius and Hamlet, Act II, scene 2, a lithograph in the British Museum. Eugène Delacroix, 1834 to 1843. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
Hamlet, from Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard, a painting in the Louvre. Eugène Delacroix, 1839. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
Ophelia, from Ophelia, a painting. John William Waterhouse, 1894. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
Laertes, from Ophelia and Laertes, a painting in the Cincinnati Art Museum, photographed by Daderot. Benjamin West, 1792. Public domain, the photograph CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
The Queen in Hamlet, a pastel of Gertrude enthroned by Edwin Austin Abbey. Edwin Austin Abbey, 1895. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
The Ghost on the Terrace, a lithograph by Eugène Delacroix for Hamlet, Act I, scene 5. Eugène Delacroix, 1843. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
The Play Scene in Hamlet, a painting by Edwin Austin Abbey of the court watching the players. Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
The Murder of Polonius, a lithograph by Eugène Delacroix for Hamlet, Act III, scene 4. Eugène Delacroix, 1834 to 1843. CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
Ophelia, a painting by John Everett Millais of Ophelia in the brook. John Everett Millais, about 1851. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard, a painting by Eugène Delacroix. Eugène Delacroix, 1839. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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