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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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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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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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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Some may argue that it is Polonius's fault that he dies, saying that if he would not have been eavesdropping then Hamlet would have never killed him. ... When Hamlet kills Polonius it is one of the few times that he actually does act on impulse. ... But Hamlet does not kill him right away and because of this Polonius gets killed. Polonius never would have been behind the arras if Hamlet would have killed Claudius as soon as he was sure of his guilt. ... When Hamlet kills Polonius a domino effect begins with the deaths of the other characters. ...

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When hamlet catches 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. ... Hamlet goes to confront his mother, in whose bedchamber Polonius has hidden behind a tapestry. ... He draws his sword and stabs through the fabric, killing Polonius. ... Polonius's son, Laertes, returns to Denmark in a rage. ...

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As soon as I would have known who killed my father, which in Hamlets case is Claudius, I would have absolutely without any hesitation kill him. ... She may have had a bit of madness the whole time but especially when Hamlet killed her father Polonius. ... Well, it definitely started out as an attraction between Hamlet and Ophelia but things started to change after Polonius's disapproval and Hamlet's news of this murder. ... Polonius asks Ophelia, "Mad for thy love?" ... Hamlet is mad because someone murdered his father, Ophelia is mad because Hamlet kills her father on accide...

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When King Hamlet was killed by Claudius and he moved in the spot light, Hamlet and his mother's relationship was changed forever. ... Polonius didn't feel Hamlet's feelings for Ophelia were long term. ... Even the attempt to kill Hamlet ended in the death of other people. ... In an attempt to kill Hamlet, Claudius poisons Hamlet's drink while at a gathering towards the end of the play. ... Hamlet and Polonius get into it and the sword fight results in Polonius being cut and dying from the poison on the sword. ...

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To prove that the ghost was telling the truth and that Claudius did indeed kill King Hamlet, Prince Hamlet developed a plan. ... As shown, Polonius makes many assumptions concerning Hamlets madness throughout the play. ... Polonius continues to convince the King and Queen that Hamlet is in fact mad. ... Later in the scene, when Polonius is confronted by Hamlet, Polonius explains to him, Through this madness, yet there is no method int. (II, II) Polonius has a suspicion that Hamlet is pretending to be mad. ...

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Polonius found out that his daughter, Ophelia was seeing Prine Hamlet. ... Polonius believed theat Hamlet's insanity was due to Ophelia's refusal of his love. ... Gertrude believed that Polonius was the key in figuring out why Hamlet was behaving oddly, and that Hamlet would be helped when Polonius discovered what was wrong. ... When Gertrude cried out for help, Polonius did as well, and Hamlet stabbed Polonius through the curtain, believing that Polonius was Claudius. ... Instead Gertrude took a drink and the poison killed her. ...

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Hamlet's drive for revenge leads him to construe a plan to make everyone think he is crazy, in order for him to kill Claudius and perhaps get away with it. ... With this erratic behavior from Hamlet comes the confrontation with Polonius, "You are a fishmonger." (II ii 190) Hamlet is using "fishmonger" as an insult to Polonius by implying he is a pimp. Hamlet knows that Polonius is using his daughter, Ophelia, to confirm suspicions about Hamlet for the king and uses his supposed insanity to offend Polonius. ... In telling Polonius this, Hamlet is letting him know that he is not to be ...

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This ghost then tells Hamlet that his new stepfather, Claudius killed King Hamlet. ... In the beginning of the play, Hamlet is very emotional at the fact that his father was just killed. ... Hamlet's one and only task is to seek avenge for his father and kill Claudius. ... Hamlet made an act to kill what he thought was Claudius behind the curtain but in reality it was Polonius. After he has unintentionally killed Polonius, he begins to feel remorseful of all of the hate within his thoughts. ...

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Claudius is deceiving Hamlet into believing that the King was killed by snakebite, and he is deceiving Hamlet into believing that he only wants what is best for Denmark. ... Also, Claudius and Polonius use Ophelia as another tool to discover the precision of Hamlet's madness by setting her up alone in a room with Hamlet and spying on their conversation. ... Polonius deceives Hamlet by spying on him while he talks to his mother Gertrude, saying to her, "I"ll silence me even here. / Pray you be round with him." ... Hamlet finds the letter they are carrying to the King of England instructing...

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The main characters in Hamlet include Hamlet, Cluadius, Polonius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Laertes, and Horatio. ... For example, the scene in which Hamlet killed Polonius through the curtain. ... When Hamlet relizes that he had killed Polonius it is as if, he feels a sense of enjoyment. ... Polonius is accidentally killed by Hamlet while eavesdropping on a conversation between Hamlet and Gertrude. ... Laertes is the son of Polonius, he is first send to France but returns when he learns that his father has been killed. ...

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Polonius, for example, attributes Hamlet's insanity to the disappointed love for Ophelia. ... In fact, Polonius is the one who ordered his daughter to break off any relationship that she might have with Hamlet, believing that would drive Hamlet to frustration, anger, and eventually cause him to loose his wit. ... The only act in the play that Hamlet performs that can be called irrational is when he is in the queen's chambers, having just killed Polonius. ... How would a madman that is planning to assassinate the king ever comprehend that if he kills the king while the king is praying...

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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 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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The ghost of King Hamlet comes and tells Hamlet that he has to acquire retribution and kill King Claudius. ... One of these faults is when he repeatedly insults Ophelia who is Polonius daughter. ... Even though it was a blunder killing Polonius, Hamlet does take it as a joke when he says, " the body is with the King, but the king is not with the body" (4.2.27-28). ... He writes two letters to Hamlets friends explaining to them the arrangement to kill Hamlet, but Hamlet gets the letters before they do. ... In the match Laertes is to put poison on the tip of the sword and kill Hamlet. ...

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Was't Hamlet wronged Laertes? Never Hamlet. ... Furthermore when Polonius is killed Hamlet doesn't tell anyone where the body is. ... When he is around Polonius, Claudius! ... [II, i] Even though Polonius accuses Hamlet of being mad he also admits that Hamlet's actions and words have a meaning this is shown when he says, "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't...."...

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Ultimately, of course, Hamlet decides to kill Claudius. ... In addition, Claudius' treachery is itself immoral, thus justifying Hamlet to kill him on principle. Also, the convenience and suddenness by which Hamlet came upon his opportunity to kill C! ... In theory, Hamlet could have killed Claudius while feigning insanity. ... When he lunges at Polonius behind the curtain, thinking that the person behind the curtain might have been Claudius, he does not know exactly who is behind the curtain and thus, had he killed Claudius, he could not have done so deliberately. 3. ...

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In my paper I will talk about what Hamlet hides. ... He uses this when he kills Polonius. ... He kills Polonius who is obscured by the curtain. ... The only reason he was able to kill him was because he was behind the drapery. ... This question is whether or not to kill the King in the church or to wait until he will go to hell. ...

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Like Hamlet, Fortinbras is also a young prince whose father was also killed. ... He is also a young man whose father is killed by young Hamlet himself. When Laertes learns of his fathers murder, he loses his temper and threatens to kill anyone and everyone who stands in his way of seeking revenge for his own father Polonius. ... When he approaches Claudius and believes that he killed his father, Claudius, being the cunning king that he is, says that it was Hamlet that killed Polonius. ... Hamlet then kills his uncle. ...

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She does this by falling in love with Claudius and collaborating with him to kill King Hamlet, Prince Hamlet's father. ... She even manipulates Hamlet to doubt who killed his father. ... She begins to change slightly after Hamlet's murder of Polonius (her father), thinking it is Claudius. She realizes that Hamlet knows what is going on and that he will try to kill Claudius. ... Hamlet then kills Claudius while dying. ...

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Hamlet is thoughtful and contemplative. He must find absolute proof that Claudius killed his father. ... Hamlet is extremely melancholy. ... The lack of discipline leads Hamlet to shamelessly stab Polonius behind a curtain without knowing for certain who he is; Hamlet thought he was stabbing Claudius behind the curtain. ... Claudius instructs Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to kill Hamlet. ...

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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...

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