Although Hamlet is being spied by his uncle and Polonius, that is not the only reason Hamlet lashes out in this scene. ... Assuming it's Claudius, Hamlet draws his blade and kills the man. Unfortunately, it wasn't Claudius, but Polonius instead. ... Through his struggle to get revenge on his uncle, Hamlet accidentally murders Polonius. ... Laertes forgives Hamlet, Hamlet kills Claudius, and Hamlet truly becomes an adult. ...

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Hamlet meets with Ophelia, acting very strangely, so she goes and tells her father, Polonius, then he goes to the king claiming Hamlet is lovesick. ... 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. ... After Hamlet kills her father, Ophelia really loses touch with reality. ... Hamlet finally kills the king and he and Laertes exchange forgiveness with each other before...

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Polonius, Ophelia, Laertes, Guildenstern Rosencrantz and Gertrude deaths are all because of hamlets revenge. Hamlet wants to kill his uncle because he killed hamlets father. Hamlets father comes to him in a form of a ghost and explain how claudius killed him. ... Hamlet has many perfect opportunities to kill Claudius but he always counteracts with a doubt or reason not to. ... If hamlet did not have to avenge his father murder he would have killed himself after he found out Ophelia died. ...

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Without knowing that Hamlet's love for Ophelia is true, Polonius orders his daughter Ophelia to no longer be involved with Prince Hamlet in act 1, scene 3. ... Polonius concludes that, because of Ophelia's rejection, Hamlet had gone mad. ... Both Laertes and Polonius think Hamlet is using Ophelia. ... Hamlet used Ophelia but, unlike Polonius he loved her. ... Hamlet loved her very much but his love for her, during the time he was finding out who killed his father, was not as strongly shown. ...

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In the bedroom scene with Gertrude, Hamlet kills Polonius. ... Hamlet's ultimate goal is to kill Claudius for the murder of his father. ... Then why is it that when Hamlet has every opportunity to kill Claudius he hesitates? ... "Hamlet can only kill Claudius when rushed into an avalanche of catastrophic events. ... Hamlet can only now kill his uncle because his mother is now dead and gone and his sole purpose is to kill his uncle for what he has done. ...

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In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Hamlet finds out that his father has been murdered. ... In the first few scenes in the play, Polonius, Guildenstern and Rosencrantz die which were caused by Hamlet. ... An example of a life he took was Polonius's. Hamlet did not feel guilty or sorry that he has taken Polonius's life he in fact wanted him to die as well he said "Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell. ... Her committing suicide relates to hamlet because he's the one who killed her father, which drove her crazy and caused her to drown herself in the pond. ...

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Hamlet's Loneliness Shakespeare's work "Hamlet" focuses on several general themes that run throughout literature. ... In Hamlet most of the suffering and loneliness Hamlet endures is brought with the secrets and betrayals he is forced to keep. ... Hamlet learns rather quickly who is loyal to him and whom not to trust. ... (III; iv; 11) " A bloody deed-almost as bad, good mother, As kill a king, and marry with his brother. ... The final blow for Ophelia's heart comes when Hamlet kills Polonius by mistaking him for Claudius. ...

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However this could be due to the fact that Gertrude is, more than any other character in the play, the antithesis of her son, Hamlet. ... Nonetheless, whether Gertrude lacks the Familial love Hamlet craves, or was too self involved to give it; it has a negative effect on Hamlet as it causes his passionate hatred for the new King. ... The theme of incestuous love is a negative force present in both "Hamlet" and "Sons & Lovers"; not just between Gertrude and Hamlet (mother and son), but it also is present in Act One, Scene Three. ... This presentation of incestuous love is slightly different in...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate