... so weird. Claudius then goes around manipulating people around him to gain information and also to keep the truth hidden from Hamlet. He uses Polonius as a puppet to find out things about Hamlet. He tells Polonious comforting things such as, "thou still hast been the father of good news," (97) to ... to the play and Hamlet knows the truth, his hate grows even stronger toward his uncle. In a blind fit of rage Hamlet lets his emotions get the better of him and he accidentally kills Polonius when he was hiding behind the curtains. The king had sent Polonius to spy on Hamlet when he was talk...

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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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... moralist at this point. He is wildly attacking her in a fashion so symptomatic of a natural-born madman whose obsession leads to compulsion. Mixed with this wild attack of his mother, Hamlet also irrationally attacks and kills Polonius who was standing behind the curtain. His actions are much like a rabid dog attacking anything which would get in his way. From what ... Hamlet says after the slaying, he seems to think that it may have been Claudius (III.iv.27). This is an irrational excuse, as Hamlet just left Claudius a scene before. Hamlet is indeed acting madly and without ... a reas...

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... one of someone who has been loosed from hell to speak of horrors. Hamlet's uncharted madness leads Hamlet to tell Ophelia, his dear love, he has never loved her. Hamlet's statement, "Get thee to a nunnery" was very cruel and cold. Hamlets madness doesn't stop with words. Unknowingly he lashes out and kills Polonius hoping that it was King Claudius. This is an irrational action. The ... shedding of innocent blood with no remorse prove to be enough evidence for insanity. As Polonius lay motionless on the floor , his ... murderer proves to the queen that he is insane. The ghostly figure a...

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... seems incapable of deliberate action, and is only hurried into extremities on the spur of the occasion, when he has no time to reflect, as in the scene where he kills Polonius, and again, where he alters the letters which Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are taking with them to England, purporting his death. At other times, when he is most bound to act ... more affecting or beautiful than the Queen's apostrophe to Ophelia on throwing the flowers into the grave. ""Sweets to the sweet, farewell. I hop'd thou should'st have been my Hamlet's wife: I thought thy bride-bed to have deck'd, sweet m...

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... was able to distract those around him and concentrate on finding out whether or not Claudius murdered his father. He convinced his mother (Gertrude) and Polonius that he was mad toward the fair Ophelia, mad for her love. While Rosencrantz and Guildenstern don't know what to make of his mental state ... has spoken with the players about adapting a few of his own lines to the play of, The Murder of Gonzago. So Hamlet can determine whether Claudius is guilty of King Hamlet's death, by creating "The Mousetrap" for Claudius to see what reaction he will have once the play is performed. During ...

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... a man of "thoaction". The pure thought Hamlet is exemplified in the scenes when Hamlet is contemplating suicide and also when Claudius is praying, and Hamlet has the opportunity to kill him; but Hamlet thinks his way out of situations-- blaming religion, bad timing, etc., rather than himself. Then Hamlet mutates into pure action Hamlet. He rashly and recklessly murders Polonius. This was stupid because not only did ... exchanges swords with Laertes after which he wounds Laertes. Both have been poisoned. As Laertes is dying he tells Hamlet about the poison and blames Claudius. Hamlet is ...

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... the pain of losing his father along with the burden and obstacles in avenging his murder. Act four places a special emphasis on Hamlet's intelligence. In scene two, Hamlet is very insolent and rude towards Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with such phrases as, "That I can keep your counsel and not, mine own. Beside, to be demanded of a sponge, what replication ... an excellent command of the language and because of it, can use words to the point that those around him will not understand and may label him as crazy. Hamlet shows another example of his cleverness, this time towards Claudius, ...

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... have? He would drown the stage with tears" (2.2.570-572), believing his situation to be more grievous than anything anyone has ever experienced. Hamlet has been unlucky in his present life, but to be feel so sorry for himself is inexcusable, when most of his life has been splendid ... . There are numerous murders in Hamlet, with the seemingly "do-gooder" Hamlet being the instigator of many of these crimes. Polonius is mistaken by Hamlet to be Claudius, and Hamlet instantly kills him without thought. When he sees his mistake, eh shows little remorse for ... "That's a fair though to lie b...

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... off the revenge: "The time is out of joint: O cursed spite/ That ever I was born to set it right!" (Act I scene v. p28). Hamlet's character is mainly seen throughout his soliloquies. In his soliloquies he seems to have a continuing internal battle between his mind and his heart. It seems as ... , but finds it hard to forget his mind. He continually looks on the bad side of things and talks about killing himself. Although Hamlet anxiously wants to seek revenge and plans it out, he cannot bring himself to commit the murder and is in constant search of justification to ... fall a-cursing, l...

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... , that persuade me to think other wise. Certainly, Hamlet has plenty of reasons to be insane at this point. His day has been hectic--he finally determined Claudius had killed his father, the chance to kill Claudius confronted him, he comes very close to convincing Gertrude that Claudius killed his father, he accidentally kills Polonius, and finally the ghost of his father visits ... him. These situations are enough to bring Hamlet to insanity, but he remains sharp and credible. Hamlet is able to make smart remarks to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, comparing then to sponges, "When he (Clau...

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