... does not try to alleviate these fears points to the conclusion that he is simply using her to help word of his madness spread throughout the kingdom via Polonius. In Act III, scene iv, Hamlet kills Polonius while he is hiding behind the arras in the Queen's room. This event causes Ophelia to become insane and leads to her eventual death in a river near ... the castle in Act IV, scene vii. It can be seen how the combined scheming of Hamlet's scheme which brings about the death of Polonius which leads to Ophelia's death. The ... is a tragedy because she does nothing deserving of death, s...

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... Ophelia have their first conversation in the play. The final interaction between Hamlet and Polonius takes place in Gertrude's dressing room. Polonius looks on as Hamlet confronts Gertrude about his father and her relations with Claudius. Believing that Claudius is looking on, Hamlet stabs at the curtains where Polonius lies and kills him. In shock that he has not killed Claudius and Gertrude in horror ... that he has killed Polonius, Hamlet exits dragging out his body. Claudius, uncle to Hamlet and King of Denmark, ... is the person most greatly affected by Hamlet's actions. The murde...

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... cup," (V.ii. 287). Gertrude accidentally drinks the poisoned wine. Laertes wounds Hamlet. Hamlet and Laertes somehow exchange weapons. Hamlet wounded Laertes with the poison sword. Gertrude dies from the poisoned wine. She calls out to Hamlet to warn him of the king treachery before she dies. Hamlet kills Claudius. Laertes and Hamlet forgive each other. Hamlet names his friend Horatio the successor to the throne as he is ... act. Revenge causes one to act blindly through anger. Hamlet's revenge of his father's death caused him to become more evil than his stepfather. He sets out to kill...

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... it anymore. Another event that is said to prove the fact that Hamlet is genuinely mad is when Hamlet stabs and kills Polonius. The real reason why Hamlet kills Polonius is that Hamlet thinks that it is Claudius hiding behind the curtains and Hamlet feels Claudius would only be getting what he deserves for murdering King Hamlet. In Hamlet's mind, stabbing the person behind the curtains is the perfectly rational thing ... to do in that situation. Later, when Hamlet discovers that he has accidentally killed Polonius, he is ... ...

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... was skeptical at first but then the ghost suddenly appears and then disappears without saying a word. Heratio acknowledged that the ghost figure did resemble the deceased King Hamlet. ACT 1 SCENE 2 Characters: King, Queen, Hamlet, Polonius, Laertes, Voltimana, Cornelius, Heratio, Bernardo, Marcellus, Lord, Attendant Setting: A public state room in the castle. Summary: The next morning, after Heratio and the ... Claudius was in the act of praying, a time where he is asking for forgiveness. Hamlet decides to kill Claudius only when he is sinning. ACT 3 SCENE 4 Characters: Polonius, Hamlet,...

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... situation has become dangerous and he calls out for the guards. But as soon as Hamlet realizes that there is someone behind the curtain he goes and removes his frustrations by mercilessly stabbing the curtain thinking it to be the king and thus kills Polonius. Hamlet however shows no regret when he kills Polonius but instead says "Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool"(3,iv,). The death of ... Polonius results in Ophelia to become mad and thus ultimately lead her death. This in a way results in the tragic end of ... Hamlet. Another reason for Hamlet's slow actions which ultimately lead t...

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... is honorable towards the king. Polonius is a "suck-up" toward the King and feels that if he has close relations with the King then he will do well in life. Little does he know that his relations with the King actually gets him killed. In the last scene (Act 5, Scene 2) Hamlet's need for revenge finally is fulfilled. Hamlet kills King Claudius. But at that ... point, Hamlet is now avenging his mothers death along with his fathers. Line 304 "O villainy! Ho! Let the door be locked: Treachery! Seek it out!" shows ... that this is the last straw for Hamlet. His mothers death is too much and...

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... king so they will continue to think he is crazy, then Hamlet is free to get his revenge. After the "Mousetrap," Hamlet has made up his mind. He takes advantage of the first opportunity he sees to kill the king. Thinking that the king would be the only one in her room, Hamlet kills Polonius accidentally, when he is summoned to his mother's chambers. After ... discovering his mistake, Hamlet says " I took thee for thy better," (3. 4. 32) meaning he ... thought Polonius was the king. This act has serious consequences. Ophelia's madness starts when she is rejected by ... ...

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... a fit of rage, stabs his uncle with the poisoned sword. Hamlet has now finally revenged his father's death, though much time has passed. He finally dies from the poisoned sword. Laertes" father, Polonius, is murdered by Hamlet when Polonius is discovered listening to Hamlet and his mother's conversation. Hamlet unknowingly kills Polonius from where he was spying. Actually Hamlet thinks it's Claudious he has killed. When news of his ... fathers" death reaches Polonius's son Laertes, he comes back to seek revenge for his fathers death. At first ... ...

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... have to watch him and catch him doing something wrong. Hamlet visits Queen Gertrude's chamber frightening her with criticisms. But he Mistakes a spying Polonius for Claudius and kills him. Becoming aware of the orders shipping him to England, Prince Hamlet senses a trap. ACT4. Men are sent to lay Polonius' corpse in the chapel they question Hamlet about the body's whereabouts, but he only answers in riddles ... . Claudius orders Hamlet prepared immediately for departure to England. In secret letters written ... ...

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... , and many things have fallen apart because of the poisoning act on the part of Claudius. At this time Hamlet starts acting mad, likely as a result of the tumultuous events occurring around him. While Hamlet is mad, he kills his love interest Ophelia's father, Polonius. The death of her father causes Ophelia to commit suicide (or so it seems). At the end of it ... all, Hamlet duels a rival of his, and ends up dying along with most all of the other characters in the story ... it would send him to heaven. After, he goes to Gertrude's room and confronts her. As he starts lashing out, he de...

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... in Queen Gertrude's closet at the request of Claudius to listen in on her discussion with Hamlet. When Polonius thinks that Hamlet intends to murder the Queen, he cries out for help. Hamlet, thinking it's King Claudius, thrusts his sword into the place where the voice comes from. Hamlet doesn't even take the time to see who is in the closet; his state of mind ... it. Meanwhile, the Queen inadvertently drinks from the poisoned cup. So now Queen Gertrude and Laertes die from poison intended for Hamlet. When Hamlet learns he is poisoned, he kills the King, both with the poisoned sword and ...

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... Laertes are major characters that contribute greatly to this play. In fact, the first character to die, in Hamlet, is Polonius. It is tempting to presume that Polonius is cunning because he often acts in a deceitful manner when dealing with Hamlet, but to do so would be unwise. Being the king's counselor, it is his duty to obey the wishes of the king and ... been so strong. In addition, Polonius" death created a conflict between Laertes and Hamlet. Hence, Laertes had a reason to revenge his father's death, and it is why he needed to return to kill Hamlet. Polonius and his death helped d...

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... also because that it what drove him mad. The first of Hamlets flaws is the killing of Polonius. The death of Polonius was an accident that shouldn't have happened. Hamlet believed that it was indeed Claudius. After Hamlet draws his blade, runs it through the drapes, and kills Polonius. He asks? "Is it the King?"(Meyer 493).Then is drawn into a heated conversation with his mother ... remarry. He says "Almost as bad, good mother, as kill a king, and marry his brother"(Meyer 493). The major effect of his killing of, Polonius, was his death. This ignited Laertes' revenge on Hamlet which res...

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... he sees the Prince of Denmark, which just died. Horatio tells Hamlet what happened and then Hamlet confesses his upset feelings of his mother remarrying after his father's death. Meanwhile, Laertes and Polonius tell Ophelia to stay away from Hamlet, because Hamlet is deeply in love with her. When Hamlet tries to kill Claudius, he kills Polonius and because of that outcome Ophelia commits suicide over the death ... of her father. Claudius then requests that Hamlet should be killed, so Claudius then poisons Hamlet's drink. The Queen drank it by accident and ... she died. While they all ba...

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... been thouroughly engulfed in the deluge of blood and bad feelings he let loose by killing Polonius. Before the fighting starts we get an interesting contradiction from Hamlet. On one hand he feels almost giddy about sending Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths. On the other hand ... Earth was to help a friend in need should net him some credit. Hamlet's main flaw is his reckless vengeance which resulted in his killing of Polonius and really opened the gates that held back the blood. Hamlet isn't corrupt at all at least not in the same sense you would ... and the ghost goaded h...

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... his father. The voiced opinions of the characters are what really clouds the audience's judgement. There are many instances of that. Polonius, for example, attributes Hamlet's insanity to the disappointed love for Ophelia. His hypothesis, which he believes deeply and tries to convince the king and the queen of, ... Hamlet's rational, sane acts by far outweigh the things that he has said and done that make him look as if he's crazy. There are some plots that he has devised that a madman would never be able to figure out. How would a madman that is planning to assassinate the king ever comp...

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... up to Claudius, he finds Claudius kneeling in prayer, and Hamlet pulls out his sword and gets ready to kill him. However, Hamlet realizes that if he kills Claudius while in prayer he will go to heaven and not hell. So Hamlet postpones the killing of Claudius. Hamlet goes to confront his mother, in whose bedchamber Polonius has hidden behind a tapestry. Hearing a noise from behind the ... tapestry, Hamlet believes the king id hiding there. He draws his sword ... and stabs through the fabric, killing Polonius. For this crime he is ... ...

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... 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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... of the murder to avenge his father. The next delay was the accidental killing of Polonius, which created a whole new problem (ERH). This left Hamlet somewhat distracted. Laertes then wanted Hamlet dead for the murder of Polonius. Thus, Hamlet was sent off and the murder of Claudius was yet again postponed. Hamlet returned from his trip to England within a few weeks. He then proceeded with his ... plans to kill the King. In Act V, Scene II, Hamlet finally accomplishes this feat. He kills the King with poison. Yet ... in the act of murder, he kills also the Queen, Laertes ... ...

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... prepares to kill Claudius, but Claudius appears to be repenting for his sins. Hamlet realizes that if he kills Claudius now then he will go to heaven. Hamlet decides to wait for a better time when he will be sure that Claudius goes to hell. Hamlet walks into his mother's private chamber to have a discussion. Polonius immediately hides behind a tapestry so that he can hear what ... Hamlet has to say. As soon as Hamlet enters the room, he begins to be extremely ... incestuous marriage and the foolish person that she has become. Gertrude begins to become scared for her life, and she decid...

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... knows that nothing can be done to harm him because he is a prince. He uses this when he kills Polonius. There is also another more concrete hidden there. While in the chamber with his mother, Hamlet here's a rustling behind the arras. He thinks nothing but to plunge his rapier into the flowing fabric. He ... kills Polonius who is obscured by the curtain. Then I thought of an interesting point. The only reason he was able ... to kill him was because he was behind the drapery. Hamlet could have murdered before this but never did. I think the veil ... to the figure though, he is alone. H...

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... to Heaven in the first place. By leaving Claudius to live, Hamlet allows Claudius, who begins to realize that Hamlet knows the details of his father's murder, to plan against him. More importantly, Hamlet, in his angered state resulting from his encounter with Claudius, kills Polonius who was spying on Hamlet's conversation with Gertrude. This death has an immediate consequence. Claudius sends ... Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, his favorite spies who are next up to the throne, with letters for Hamlet's death with Hamlet to England. They detail instructions to the ... English King to kill...

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... him is a hard choice. "Time is out of joint o, caused spite that even I was how to set it right"(act1) however, his decision brings bad results because other people die. Hamlet kills Polonius who is hided by an arras. His thought the guy behind the arras was Claudius. Ophelia has a mental problem and finally she commit suicide ... . Polonius' son, Laertes comes back from England and joins Claudius. They attempt revenge upon Hamlet. Hamlet has had another enemy. Claudius puts poison ¼Ö »Õ wine and tries to give it to Hamlet. But Queen Gertrude snatches the wine and she drinks; it kill...

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... it may be directed by divine will or by chance. A complex personality at the play's start, Hamlet is all the more fascinating because he undergoes dramatic character development. Claudius: A usurping villain who kills his own brother, Claudius is clearly the source of the rottenness that pervades Denmark. He is a ... toward Gertrude, Claudius is not completely beyond redemption. Gertrude: Just how deeply Gertrude is involved in her second husband's plot to kill Old Hamlet is unclear; by the final scene, it seems that the Queen was ignorant of the crime. Nevertheless, she marries her brot...

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