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...

• Word Count: 1476
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1278
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School