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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By relying on emotion instead of logic, Hamlet kills Polonius instead of Claudius. ... Though he had no reason not to kill Claudius, as he hated Polonius, he nevertheless procrastinates on this task. ... When he does verify that Claudius killed King Hamlet, he only tries to kill him twice: once, when he is praying, Hamlet uses the excuse that he cannot kill a man praying, and the second time, he accidentally killed Polonius instead of Claudius. The only time that Hamlet actually tries to kill his uncle is when he is in the room with his mother. Unfortunately, Polonius is the man behind ...

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This, in a way, dismisses Froid's Oedipal theory, believing that Hamlet had wanted to kill his father because he felt passionately about his mother. ... We now see a totally different side to Hamlet, after the murder of Polonius, as he shouts at his mother "as kill a King and marry with his brother- (page 171, line 30). ... "As kill a King?... The part of the scene where Polonius is killed is surrealistic in nature. By killing Polonius, Hamlet has no defense about being sent to England. ...

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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. ...

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Hamlet almost immediately interprets the Ghost's vague (perhaps intentionally so) requests for revenge to be a direct request to kill Claudius, and he assures himself that vengeance will soon be dealt to the King. ... Through his self-centered focus on 'righting the wrong' he brought about directly or indirectly just about every death in the story, and even in his final kill, that of Claudius, he considers not anyone but himself. ... Even after the accidental murder of Polonius, he sees not a signpost warning him to turn back before more innocent deaths occurs, but a minor s...

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In theory, Hamlet could have killed Claudius while feigning insanity. ... Claudius expressed a reaction of guilt, Hamlet got the answer, that in fact Claudius did kill Old Hamlet. ... There he lunges at Polonius, thinking that the person behind the curtain might have been Claudius. ... It is clear that Polonius makes decisions for his daughter, regardless if she really loves Hamlet or not. ... The news of Polonius" death was just enough to throw her over the edge of insanity. ...

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Hamlet's Disease The somber images of poison and disease taint the pages of Hamlet, and shadow the corruption pervading the recent and future events of the castle. The poison with which Claudius kills King Hamlet spreads in a sense throughout the country, until "something is rotten in Denmark", as Marcellus notes (I.4.90). ... The newly crowned villain, Claudius, later remarks "Diseases desperate grown by desperate appliance are relieved, or not at all" (IV.3.8), directly before the scene of Hamlet revealing the location of Polonius' dead body. ... In following scenes, Hamlet contin...

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Secondly, Laertes, who was the son of Polonius, wanted to revenge on Hamlet because Hamlet accidentally killed his father, Polonius and Hamlet should also be responsible for the death of Ophelia who was Laertes's sister. ... As the ghost mentioned who killed him, Now, Hamlet, hear. ... So, Hamlet drew his sword and prepared to kill Claudius. ... Hamlet thought if he killed Claudius now, Claudius might go to heaven. ... Laertes, who was son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia, sought to avenge their deaths on Hamlet. ...

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Claudius, by the end of the play has caused more than half a dozen deaths, King Hamlet, Hamlet, Gertrude, Laertes, Polonius, and himself just to name the main ones. ... If Claudius starts getting squirmy or uneasy, Hamlet will no for sure that Claudius did in fact kill his father. ... The meaning of this speech is whether or not he should kill himself. ... Hamlet realizes that he can't kill Claudius at this time because as he said, it would send him to heaven. ... But it is good to know that Hamlet can control his anger because a character like Laertes would have just went ahead and kille...

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They are planning to kill Hamlet in a fencing battle. Laertes's objective is not to kill him with honor and dignity but to be cheap and evil. ... He is so enraged that he kills Polonius who is hiding behind the curtains. ... Hamlet and Laertes are in the process of their battle and Hamlet is winning significantly. ... This proves to us that she had absolutely no position in the plot to kill Hamlet and that she was just an unknowing and ignorant character who had no idea of her surroundings and believed what she saw and heard. ...

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