... for vengeance is cast into disrepute. When the time of the duel arrives, while he does strike an ultimately mortal blow to Hamlet, in the confusion of the fight, the fighters trade foils and ironically Laertes, is stricken with the very foil he poisoned and he too dies of its effects. But to his credit, Laertes does begin to doubt his own motives ... for vengeance is completed. Upon the death of his mother, and of Laertes' confession, it seems that Hamlet finally has enough proof of Claudius' treachery to kill him. First, he stabs his uncle with the poisoned foil, and then, as a final a...

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