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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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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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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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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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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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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"(1) In these lines Hamlet is asking the biggest existential question of them all, whether to keep living or to kill himself. ... How easy it would be just to kill himself. The biggest problem proposed buy an existentialist is whether to kill themselves or not. ... Later on in a conversation with Polonius Hamlet says, "You cannot, sir, take from me anything that I will more willingly part withal; except my life, except my life" (II, 2, 214-216). ... He tells Polonius that the only thing he is more willing to part with than him is his very own life. ...

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During their discussing, Gertrude calls for help, Polonius, the Lord Chamberlain, who is hidden behind the wall covering in order to listening their conversation, answers, and Hamlet kills Polonius thinking that he is the King. Polonius dies by paying the price of his own trickery. ... (Act III, scene iv, page 137, l.34-35) We can notice that even when Hamlet knows that he has killed Polonius instead of the King, he doesn't feel guilty. ... Claudius realizing that Hamlet is attempting to kill him, sends the Prince to England with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who carry a letter...

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Hamlet did not want Claudius to go to heaven, so he did not kill him at that time. ... One example of this is the death of Polonius. During Hamlet's conversation with his mother, he was oblivious to the fact that he was being spied on by Polonius. ... Hamlet acts without thinking after hearing these cries and accidently killed Polonius: "How now! ... Hamlet's most important show of action was when he killed Claudius. ...

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If he were to kill Claudius while in prayer, he would send him to heaven. ... For example, he makes a joke about Polonius being "at supper- (IV.iii.18). He then goes on to joke about Polonius being eaten by worms! This is very facetious behaviour, considering that Hamlet is the one who has killed Polonius! ... By killing Polonius, he does something that is completely out of character. ...

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Hamlet, using his antic disposition as cover, ridicules him: Polonius: Do you know me, my lord? ... Polonius: Honest, my lord? ... " (2.2.204) However, Hamlet has confirmed Polonius' suspicions about his daughter being responsible for Hamlet's descent into madness. ... He then hears Polonius behind the curtains and kills him, thinking he was Claudius. He then is angry that he didn't kill the King, and is so frenzied that the ghost comes in to remind him not to harm his mother. ...

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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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For example he does not kill his uncle straight away. ... Perhaps Hamlet's state of madness provided Hamlet with the ability he required to kill his uncle, Claudius. ... Polonius does not like his daughter seeing Hamlet and forbids her to talk to Hamlet. ... He even tells Polonius to "let her not walk I'th'sun." ... The cause of her madness is either of loss of Hamlet's love or the dead of her father: Polonius. ...

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Polonius the kings royal assistant has a preoccupation with appearance. ... Polonius appears like 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 appearance verses reality by ordering Ophelia to stop seeing Hamlet. ... In actuality Hamlet is sent off to wither because the king, Claudius knows that Hamlet knows too much and must be killed. ...

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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'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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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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Although there may be a variety of factors why Hamlet does not kill Claudius instantly, it may be argued that Hamlet is displaying rational behavior, and this rational behavior keeps him from bloody murder. ... Hamlet's most rational method of deciding whether to kill Claudius or not comes when he decides to host the reenacting play. ... It is difficult to imagine that Hamlet thought rationally before striking Polonius in his mother's bedroom. ... Only textual inference can prove whether Shakespeare truly mocks Polonius, and the rational principles that Polonius represents, or whethe...

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(www.goldenessays.com) This problem, so much like Laertes" poison, seeps through Hamlet's conscience and kills any action of revenge (paraphrase of Joel Sommer Littauer). ... Later, he runs through Polonius, striking quickly at a voice heard and hoping it was his uncle-father, while talking to his mother. ... And, while dying himself, finally kills the king, so I do not think Hamlet lacks courage. ... For another, social contract, if looked at one way, provides the means for Hamlet to kill Claudius because Hamlet has a responsibility to the people as a Prince, to make sure that the...

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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 beginning of the play Hamlet, the main character's father has been killed. ... Ophelia is then deceitful to her father Polonius because she is not honest about her relationship with Hamlet. In turn, Polonius is sent to spy on Hamlet's conversation with his mother Gertrude, who becomes frightened by the way Hamlet is acting. Polonius jumps from behind a curtain and Hamlet kills him. This adds fuel to the fire, as it gives reason for revenge on Hamlet by Polonius" children, Laertes and Ophelia. ...

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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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