Now that Hamlet has this information is he now obligated to kill King Claudius? ... Polonius says "What do you think of me?" ... Hamlet kills King Claudius. ... But Laertes (under the influence of Claudius) Doesn't care when he kills Hamlet, as long as it gets done. ... Isn't it interesting that both Hamlet and Laertes had an uncontrollable need for revenge and they both ended up getting killed?...
Only a lesser man would have killed Claudius without even considering and contemplating the ramifications. ... Hamlet's nobility and decency are not diminished by his inability to take immediate revenge, but his rash and impulsive actions in slaying Polonius and arranging the death of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern do affect an analysis of the nobility of his character. However, Hamlet's murder of Polonius can be excused by his admittance that he "took thee for thy better." ... His murder of Polonius and his two friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is violent and impulsive. ... Only wh...
For example, after Hamlet learns of Claudius" guilt in the death of his father, he decides to kill him. ... " (3:4:89-92) If Hamlet would have killed Claudius at that very moment, his father would be revenged, the internal struggle within his mind would cease, and peace would be brought to Denmark. ... In the literal sense, he travels to England as a result of his exile for the murder of Polonius. ... In the end, Hamlet's tragic flaw brings about not only his own demise, but also the deaths of Gertrude, Claudius, Laertes, Ophelia, Polonius, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern. Had Hamlet ...
The old king has been killed, and everyone is still mourning his death, or should be. ... Polonius' death is also tragic, for he was quite innocent, but is stupidity i think was the cause of the death. ... I took thee for thy better," Hamlet says after the accidental murder, he knows that Polonius didnt need to die. ... His suffering puts him into a state of mind that clouds his better judgement, and this, i think, is why Claudius is so successful at convincing him to help kill Hamlet. ... His friends betray him because of Claudius, his mother is weake...
The speech was that of Aeneid in which Aeneas tells Queen Dido the story of Phyrrus, whose father Achilles was killed at Rome. ... This word usage of Hamlet shows the rage hamlet has against Claudius and also the distress of losing his father. For Instance, in the speech, Hamlet is so intrigued with this speech because it is very similar to the events in which his father was killed, and the aftermath of what happened in Denmark. ... After Hamlets father died, Hamlet should have received the thrown and it should not have been given over to his uncle. ... After hamlet spoke of the story of P...
Upon killing Polonius, Hamlet is not surprised or remorseful, but continues to speak angrily to his mother and ignores the fact that he has slain an innocent man. His response to the death of Polonius is to call the man a "rash intruding fool" and rather than find some way to right what he has done and give Polonius a proper burial Hamlet steals the body and hides it. ... As the duel commences, King Claudius toasts to Hamlet with wine and secretly prepares a poisoned chalice which is meant to kill hamlet is Laertes fails to slay him. ... Seizing the poisoned rapier, Hamlet slashes and k...
Hamlet then begins to make plots to kill Claudius. ... Hamlet makes a poor decision when he decides to back out to kill Claudius when he is praying for forgiveness. ... Hamlet's poor decision on killing Polonius believing it was Claudius has caused Laertes to lose trust in Hamlet. If Hamlet had the chance to kill Claudius in the church, Polonius would not be dead. ... Hamlet's cowardice to kill his uncle did not succeed but, ruin his relationship with Laertes. ...
William Shakespeare's Hamlet explores this dispute. ... Hamlet's quest for revenge begins when he finds out who killed his father through his father's ghost. ... He accidentally kills Polonius in another attempt at assassinating Claudius, which brings Ophelia over the edge to madness, which results in her death, which promptly inspires Laertes, Ophelia's brother, to seek revenge against Hamlet. ... When the plan to poison Hamlet runs amok, the queen is killed. Hamlet is then given a death wound by Laertes, but not before Laertes is given the same killing injury by Hamle...
