... that if a person was killed while praying, they will go to heaven. While cursing Gertrude for marrying Claudius, Hamlet hears a noise behind the curtain and without a second thought, he runs through the curtain, mistakenly stabbing and killing Polonius. Up until this point he has not shown this level of rashness and would have been more careful before acting in such a ... way that could produce serious consequences, in this case murder. Polonius' death is seen by many as part of the reason Ophelia commits suicide. Since Hamlet kills Polonius (among doing many other things to toil with O...

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... two". The Michael Almereyda production (starring Ethan Hawke) has this scene as a press conference rather than the original king's court. Almereyda emphasises Hamlet's resentment and humiliation by making him feel excluded by choice as he is seen standing up slouching, wearing sunglasses compared to the other smart representatives ... with men as if he wants her for himself only. There is some similarity here to the Greek mythology because Oedipus himself kills his father and Hamlet reminisces on his mothers" relationship with his father and feels that she shouldn't have been with him be...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate