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. ...
Polonius is so sure that the root of Hamlet's madness is love that he sets up an encounter between Hamlet and Ophelia so that Polonius and Claudius can spy on Hamlet and see if love truly is the cause of his madness. ... Another event that is said to prove the fact that Hamlet is genuinely mad is when Hamlet stabs and kills Polonius. The real reason why Hamlet kills Polonius is that Hamlet thinks that it is Claudius hiding behind the curtains and Hamlet feels Claudius would only be getting what he deserves for murdering King Hamlet. ... Later, when Hamlet discovers that he has ac...
In a conversation with Polonius she reveals to him her perception of Hamlet in his recent visit. ... (III, iv, 33) However, in Act V, Hamlet tells Laertes that Polonius was killed in madness. ... (II, ii, 331-332) Hamlet's actions towards Polonius and Ophelia are two examples that Hamlet's madness is planned. ... However, this exchange with Polonius actually shows Hamlet's clever use of words and well-spoken wit. ... Hamlet murders Polonius and then confesses to Laertes that it was indeed an act of madness not clarity. ...
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. ...
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?...
There is also, Polonius, which is Lord Chamberlain under Claudius. ... Meanwhile, Laertes and Polonius tell Ophelia to stay away from Hamlet, because Hamlet is deeply in love with her. When Hamlet tries to kill Claudius, he kills Polonius and because of that outcome Ophelia commits suicide over the death of her father. Claudius then requests that Hamlet should be killed, so Claudius then poisons Hamlet's drink. ... While they all battle against each other, Hamlet kills Claudius and by the end of the battle, Gertrude, Ophelia, Claudius, Laertes, and Hamlet are dead (Deville). ...
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. ...
Hamlet could kill Claudius is praying because there is nobody around. Hamlet chooses not to kill him if he does, Claudius will go to heaven. ... Hamlet kills Polonius who is hided by an arras. ... Polonius' son, Laertes comes back from England and joins Claudius. ... Laertes attempts to kill Hamlet with a poisoned sword. ...
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...
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. ...
Hamlet kill Polonius recklessly, resulting in there having to be more revenge. ... Claudius kills King Hamlet, so Hamlet wants to kill him. ... Laertes wants to kill Hamlet. Hamlet kills Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. ... It was easier for Hamlet to kill Claudius than to expose his crime. ...
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...
Laertes and his father Polonius seem to share a mutual loyalty, and this drives Laertes to nearly kill the king, and then kill Hamlet. ... "(Hamlet, 1.2.133). ... Laertes' relationship with Polonius evolves throughout the play. ... After Polonius is accidentally killed by Hamlet, Laertes returns from Paris to seek revenge for his father. ... He engages in a plot with the King to kill Hamlet, even at the risk of his aristocratic status, because not only has he lost his father, but he has also lost his sister. ...
Hamlet gets the perfect opportunity to kill Claudius in the chapel, but decides against it because he is praying and Hamlet believes that if a person was killed while praying, they will go to heaven. While cursing Gertrude for marrying Claudius, Hamlet hears a noise behind the curtain and without a second thought, he runs through the curtain, mistakenly stabbing and killing Polonius. ... Polonius' death is seen by many as part of the reason Ophelia commits suicide. Since Hamlet kills Polonius (among doing many other things to toil with Ophelia's emotions), he is indirectly responsibl...
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. ...
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. ...
Shakespeare's Hamlet gives great examples of honor and loyalty through Polonius and Laertes" father/ son relationship. From the beginning of the story Polonius and Laertes seem to be quite close. ... Polonius really does love his son even though it is very questionable sometimes whether he is just worried about himself. ... He wants to show his honor and respect by doing what a very proud son would do and he even goes on to say he would kill Hamlet in a church. ... Polonius cares for Laertes so much (and for himself) that he sends someone to make sure he is upholding the honor of the ...
The other side of Hamlet, barbaric side, treats Ophelia cruelly and with no empathy, slays Polonius and speaks of dragging his guts into another room, and who sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths without any remorse. However, dispite these "two Hamlets", most interpreters of Hamlet see him as a "tragic hero" with a clear and sacred obligation to kill Claudius but due to his being a victim of great external difficulties, is unable to do so right away. Shakespeare purposely makes Hamlet out to be a procrastinator for one very important reason, if Hamlet would have quickly pursued t...
The first time Hamlet act without thinking ends in tragedy, he mistakenly kills Polonius who was hiding behind an arras in Gertrude's room. Before this Hamlet had an opportunity to kill Claudius but didn't because he was praying and decides to wait until he is in a sinning position "about some act/That has no relish of salvation in't". Although he has killed an innocent man he showed little remorse for his actions "thou wretched, rash, intruding fool." ... Hamlets flaws in personality lead to the deaths of many people that didn't have to die such as Ophelia, Laertes, Poloni...
After given specific commands from the ghost, the continuous actions of Hamlet become threatening to not just the man he wishes to kill, but also to others within his presence. People who Hamlet has friendly interactions with turn out to be dead because Hamlet's sense to kill is completely unstoppable. For instance, Polonius becomes a victim of Hamlet's wrath simply because he is in the wrong place at the wrong time, "Dead for a ducat, dead!... Throughout the play, death occurs; Hamlet murders Polonius and Ophelia commits suicide by drowning herself in the river. ... Claudius un...
In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet is the prince of Denmark and the protagonist. ... Laertes is the son of Polonius and a soldier. ... If it were not for Hamlet contemplating whether or not the ghost was good or evil and when to kill Claudius, Hamlet would not have been five acts. In act 3, scene 3 Hamlet has a chance to murder Claudius but chooses not to because it was not the right time or place " Now might I do it pat, now"a is a praying; A villain kills my father, and for that,| I, his sole son, do this villain send| To heaven .Up, sword, and know thou a more horrid hent." (73-...
The ghost of Hamlet's father, King Hamlet, reappears in Act 3, scene 4 to remind Hamlet of his purpose, not to waste time trying to get his mother's confession, but to take revenge against his uncle Claudius. ... The ghost is obviously watching over Hamlet throughout the play and has seen him go through his doubts and questions whether or not the ghost is good or evil, and whether or not Hamlet should take action upon his uncle. The ghost has followed Hamlet into Gertrude's room and listened to their conversation and watched as Hamlet killed the snooping Polonius, and star...
He seems incapable of deliberate action, and is only hurried into extremities on the spur of the occasion, when he has no time to reflect, as in the scene where he kills Polonius, and again, where he alters the letters which Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are taking with them to England, purporting his death. ... Hamlet is splenetic and rash Hamlet: Son of the late King Hamlet of Denmark and nephew to the present King. ... At the end of the play, Hamlet kills both Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (indirectly), Laertes and finally King Claudius before dying himself from a wound inflicted by Laertes...
On the other hand, we observe a development of the plot when Hamlet reveals his future plan to kill Claudius as soon as he finds the right timing. ... Pathos is really touched upon in this scene in Hamlet's hesitation to kill Claudius while he is "praying". Hamlet expresses his will to rid of his duty and to avenge for his father, yet he does not want to kill Claudius during his prayer and send him to heaven. ... Conversely, the internal struggle of Hamlet when he is presented with the opportunity to kill Claudius creates tension. ... Polonius also exhibits irony when he points out that...
It all starts when Claudius uses ear poison to kill the King Hamlet. ... Whilst exacting this revenge he kills Polonius, while he was hiding in a curtain, mistaking him for Claudius. ... Before Hamlet dies however he manages to kill King Claudius. ... At first Claudius kills King Hamlet, to become king and marry his wife (and Prince Hamlet's mother). ... The other treacherous act is when Prince Hamlet kills the king Claudius. ...
