This battle over eternal damnation is seen later, when Hamlet tries to kill Claudius, but he is praying. Hamlet then determines since Claudius is praying, and being forgiven of his sins, he will not spend eternity suffering like his father, if he is killed at that moment. ... In the end, Claudius is killed as "thou incestuous, murderous, damned Dane". ... When Hamlet is speaking to the queen in her bedchambers, he accidentally kills Polonius in cold blood. ... Polonius whispers as his last words before being shuffled off this mortal coil. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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...

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• Grade Level: High School

When Hamlet found out that Claudius killed his father Hamlet was furious, and got right to work on how to get his fathers revenge. Hamlet went to work by coming up with a plan to act mad so that it would hide the truth from Claudius, which was that Hamlet was going to kill Claudius. Hamlet has no such luck. ... Claudius also has a plan that is to kill hamlet. ... Hamlet fools Ophelia into believing that he is mad by killing Polonius behind a curtain in the Gertrude's room. ...

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The protagonist of the play, Hamlet, suffers the fate of death by poison. ... When Hamlet is cut by it, his end begins. ... Her madness stems from the death of her father, killed by Hamlet (accidentally, as fate would have it). ... When Hamlet kills Polonius, Laertes exacts revenge on him using the tip of the poisoned sword. ... Most importantly, Hamlet intends to kill Claudius for the murder of his father, Hamlet. ...

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• Grade Level: High School