Polonius, the king's royal assistant, has a preoccupation with appearance. ... Polonius seems to be a man who loves and cares about his son, Laertes. ... Polonius gives his advice only to appear to be the loving caring father. ... Polonius further adds to the theme of appearance verses reality by ordering Ophelia to stop seeing Hamlet. ... In actuality Hamlet is sent off to whither because the king, Claudius knows that Hamlet knows too much and must be killed. ...

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After seeing the performance Claudius's reaction convinces Hamlet that he is the guilty party that killed his father. ... Hamlet however is unaware that Polonius is hiding in his mother's room and stabs him thinking that he is Claudius. Even after killing Polonius Hamlet continues to verbally bash his mother. ... Claudius and Laertes conspire to kill Hamlet with a poisoned rapier. ... I am poison'd" Hamlet then kills Claudius realizing that the wine had been intended for him. ...

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The play Hamlet begins with deception as Claudius has killed his brother, King Hamlet, in order to take power and the love of his wife as well. ... Claudius wants them to find the truth whether Hamlet is plotting to avenge his father and kill the king. ... Hence, when the table has turned, Hamlet kills Claudius and Laertes using the exact sword that was meant to kill him. Thereupon the two both met their fate and were killed by Hamlet as those who deceive for ignoble purposes are often harmed. ... Here, Polonius manipulates Ophelia for solely his benefit to eavesdrop on Hamlet. ...

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The first of Hamlets flaws is the killing of Polonius. ... After Hamlet draws his blade, runs it through the drapes, and kills Polonius. ... He says "Almost as bad, good mother, as kill a king, and marry his brother"(Meyer 493). ... This flaw of Hamlets which was to be the solo revenge of Claudius brought upon the death of Gertrude, Polonius, and Laertes. ... Yet Hamlet's path of destruction killed his mother, she was killed by the poison meant for Hamlet by Claudius. ...

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Polonius enters the scene where Hamlet is reading. ... 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. ... His plot to kill Hamlet by poisoning him reinforces the fear that Claudius feels towards his nephew. Realizing the King's plot to kill him after his mother falls to the poisoned wine, Hamlet finally kills Claudius with his sword. ...

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King Claudius, Polonius and Hamlet all share the common quality; appearing something what they are not in reality, which eventually in the end leads to their demise. ... Throughout the play, he acts upset in front of Hamlet, because of King Hamlet's death, while in reality he is the one who killed him for his own selfish reasons. ... However when he does not take his first chance to kill Claudius (right after the play in the play when he is sure of the kings guilt), he was doomed to fail and die. All in all, Claudius, Polonius and Hamlet caused their own demise. ... By reading the trag...

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Polonius is accidentally killed. ... Hamlet drags Polonius body from the room. ... Hamlet kills Claudius. ... Hamlet stabbed Polonius in Gertrude's chamber. ... Claudius is killed by Hamlet. ...

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The first character to die in Hamlet is Polonius. ... This shows how Polonius, a man unaware of the true nature of the situation he is in, is killed by a member of the royalty during the execution of one of their schemes. ... Ophelia explains to Polonius how Hamlet has scared her, causing Polonius to draw the conclusion that Hamlet has an "antic disposition". ... In Act III, scene iv, Hamlet kills Polonius while he is hiding behind the arras in the Queen's room. ... Although the death of Polonius" family stands out as being the most tragic, many other characters in the story are killed a...

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The ghost tells Hamlet that Claudius poured poison into his ear, which killed him while he was asleep. ... Now that Hamlet is said to be crazy, Polonius goes to the King and tells him about Hamlet's strange behavior concerning Ophelia. ... Hamlet doesn't show much regret for killing Polonius, because is apparently gone crazy. ... Through anger Claudius and Laertes come up with a plan to kill Hamlet, during a fencing duel using a poisoned sword. If this doesn't work the King has come up with another plan to kill Hamlet by offering him a glass of poisoned wine. ...

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The ghost tells Hamlet that Claudius poured poison into his ear, which killed him while he was asleep. ... Now that Hamlet is said to be crazy, Polonius goes to the King and tells him about Hamlet's strange behavior concerning Ophelia. ... Hamlet doesn't show much regret for killing Polonius, because is apparently gone crazy. ... Through anger Claudius and Laertes come up with a plan to kill Hamlet, during a fencing duel using a poisoned sword. If this doesn't work the King has come up with another plan to kill Hamlet by offering him a glass of poisoned wine. ...

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The king is approached by Polonius to spy on Hamlet and Ophelia. ... As time passes, the king encounters Laertes, and both agree to kill Hamlet. ... She killed his father and married his uncle and therefore, would never be forgiven by him. ... The queen refers to Hamlet as mad, after the killing of Polonius. ... In the end, Hamlet does not kill Gertrude, but ironically, Claudius mistakenly does the deed. ...

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He uses Polonius as a puppet to find out things about Hamlet. ... 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. ... Claudius and Laertes come up with a plan to kill Hamlet. ... They sharpen the sword of Laertes and poison the tip so that he can kill Hamlet. ... Hate filled Hamlet and eventually killed him. ...

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Though Polonius was killed in act three, his idea and actions lived on throughout the play, and eventually led to Hamlet's death. ... They are the bumbling fools who are bribed into spying and killed by their ignorance. ... Laertes was the son of Polonius and the brother of Ophelia, who was dating Hamlet. ... Laertes was actually one of the more pure characters in the play, until the end when he poisons the sword and kills Hamlet. ... Hamlet had killed Polonius and Laertes was revenging his father's death, but he was also a victim to the corruption in the court. ...

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Another point to Polonius being a well-meaning fool is when Hamlet accidentally murders him. Polonius thought that Hamlet was going to murder Gertrude. ... His coward way of helping got him killed because Hamlet thought it was Claudius spying. ... When Polonius forces Ophelia to break up with Hamlet, for the modern audience it seems like something out of place. ... After he found out that Hamlet was the one that killed Polonius he worked with Claudius to kill him. ...

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Hamlet's anger also leads him to kill Polonius when he hears him hiding behind a curtain and thinks it is Claudius. If he had been clear-headed he might have looked behind the curtain and seen it was Polonius, which would prevent Hamlet from killing him. ... Hamlet and Laertes plan to fight and kill each other. ... He should have told Laertes how he killed Polonius and why. ... Hamlet further inflames the situation by accidentally killing Polonius. ...

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In fact, the first character to die, in Hamlet, is Polonius. ... Hamlet stabs Polonius behind the curtain, "O, I am slain."... 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 develop and carry the plot in Hamlet. ... Laertes" death is tragic because, although he kills Hamlet, he is avenging his father's death. ...

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When Hamlet catches up to his uncle, Claudius is kneeling down praying, and Hamlet pulls out his sword and gets ready to kill him. ... 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. ... But King Claudius tells Laertes that Hamlet is the one who killed his father. ...

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Ophelia tells Polonius that Hamlet has confessed that he loved, her and Polonius laughs and calls her ignorant, then orders her to stay away from Hamlet and she promises to obey. ... Polonius goes to spy on Hamlet and Gertrude. ... Hamlet's behavior started to get out of hand which frightened Gertrude and she calls out for help, Polonius came out from behind the curtains to help her but Hamlet kills him thinking that he was Claudius. ... Claudius began to plot a way to kill Hamlet by arranging a fight between Hamlet and Laertes. ... While making plans to kill Hamlet Gertrude enters th...

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Hamlet sneaks into a room and tries to kill Claudius but cannot because 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, Queen. ... Polonius tells the queen to be harsh with Hamlet when he arrives. ... In frustration Hamlet stabs his sword through Claudius and finally kills him. ...

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When Polonius thinks that Hamlet intends to murder the Queen, he cries out for help. ... Just before this scene with his mother, Hamlet passes up a chance to kill Claudius at his prayers. If Hamlet had killed Claudius then, the scene in his mother's chamber would have gone differently and Polonius would not have died. ... When Hamlet learns he is poisoned, he kills the King, both with the poisoned sword and the poisoned cup. ... The death of Laertes at the end would not have happened if Hamlet had not killed Polonius and given Laertes a reason to hate him. ...

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Polonius asks Hamlet if he knows him to which Hamlet answers,Excellent well. ... Polonius is quite convinced that Hamlet is mad. ... By calling Polonius a fishmonger, Hamlet is using superior wit to mock Polonius. ... He continues on to plan out the best times to kill him, which an insane person would be quite incapable of doing. ... Hamlet's superb intelligence has allowed him to reason out the best and worst times to kill his uncle so that revenge would be granted. ...

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A funny part of this is that Hamlet says that Polonius has a lack of wit while Hamlet is actually using his own wit to cause trouble. ... Polonius actually thought that Hamlet was mad because his love for Ophelia was rejected. ... Polonius thinks he can mend Hamlets madness by getting Ophelia and Hamlet together. ... There was also a moment with his mother that he just loses his mind and stabs the arras killing Polonius after Polonius made his presence aware to hamlet. ... He showed no remorse when he killed Polonius either. ...

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Hamlet soon learns that his father was killed by his uncle, the new king. ... It begins when Polonius forbids Ophelia to see Hamlet. ... While Hamlet says this, Polonius is unaware that it is directed towards him. ... She actually does go mad, and kills herself. ... A man, if really mad may kill himself as well. ...

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HAMLET In the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, Hamlet, the main character is a man who wants revenge. He wants it so bad that he becomes obsessed with the idea until it ultimately kills him. ... Hamlet lets the fact that his uncle killed his father rule his actions for most of the play. ... He is also exhibits this behavior when he talks to Polonius in act II, scene II (Polonius)"do you know me my lord?" ... He can see that he's going over the edge, but he can hide it just enough to keep his father and Polonius from revealing the truth. ...

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