Abstract

William Shakespeare’s "Hamlet," written around 1600, is one of the most famous tragedies in the English language. The play is rich in themes such as revenge, madness, mortality, and the complexity of the human condition.                   

This paper analyzes the dramatic structure using Freytag’s pyramid and Aristotle tragedy theory as a framework. They examine the play’s exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and conflict combining with Aristotle theory to understand how Shakespeare constructs a powerful tragedy. The method used in this study is a descriptive qualitative, which aims to analyzing and collecting data from the play and some referential books, library ,websites and other data sources that were useful for the analysis.The study also explores the significance of Hamlet in literary studies. The results of the study have pedagogical implications for teaching English literature for students and language learners. 

Key words: Hamlet ,Aristotle theory, Freytag pyramid, tragedy drama.