In that case, Claudius's later whispered plottings with Laertes, Ophelia, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are further examples of "poison in the ear." ... Even the most cursory review of the dramatic movement and literary structure of the play, however, demolishes all such interpretations. ... Which is no other - As it doth well appear unto our state - But to recover of us, by strong hand And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands So by his father lost (1.1.80-89, 95-104).[13] Fortinbras appears in person at the very end of the play, literally having the last word. ...

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