He was sleeping in his orchard when Hamlet's uncle, Claudius, poisoned him with hebenon.
" 'Tis given out, that sleeping in his orchard, a serpent stung [him]."
Hamlet did not become king after his father died because Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, married Hamlet's mother and became king instead.
He'd like everyone to forget all about King Hamlet. That way, nobody will wonder whether he died of a snakebite as was reported or not. The less people think about King Hamlet, the safer Claudius is. But Hamlet keeps on bringing it up.
The official story is that King Hamlet died from snakebite.
She's not a doctor. Claudius claimed that Hamlet Sr. died of a snakebite, and she had no reason to believe otherwise. The key line is her response to Hamlet's "Almost as bad, dear mother, as to kill a king and marry with his brother." Hamlet is accusing her of the murder, but her response "To kill a king?" shows that to Gertrude the real shocker in Hamlet's statement is that his father was murdered at all. She had no idea.
The king had decided not to put strong arm Hamlet because he knew how Hamlet was loved by the people of Denmark and would not want to do anything to warrant their annoyance
Hamlet did not become king after his father died because Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, married Hamlet's mother and became king instead.
He'd like everyone to forget all about King Hamlet. That way, nobody will wonder whether he died of a snakebite as was reported or not. The less people think about King Hamlet, the safer Claudius is. But Hamlet keeps on bringing it up.
The official story is that King Hamlet died from snakebite.
Because by that point King Claudius knows that Hamlet knows the truth about king Hamlet's death, so he tries to get rid of Hamlet using Laertes.
I think Claudius was a bad character because he killed King Hamlet, Prince Hamlet's father.
Hamlet's father is also named Hamlet. He was King Hamlet of Denmark until he died, allegedly because of his brother Claudius, who took his kingdom and his wife.
Hamlet's uncle Claudius.
She's not a doctor. Claudius claimed that Hamlet Sr. died of a snakebite, and she had no reason to believe otherwise. The key line is her response to Hamlet's "Almost as bad, dear mother, as to kill a king and marry with his brother." Hamlet is accusing her of the murder, but her response "To kill a king?" shows that to Gertrude the real shocker in Hamlet's statement is that his father was murdered at all. She had no idea.
The king had decided not to put strong arm Hamlet because he knew how Hamlet was loved by the people of Denmark and would not want to do anything to warrant their annoyance
Polonius, Ophelia, Gertrude, Hamlet, Claudius, and Laertes.
As the King in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Fortinbras's first political action is to appoint people who will work under him.
he tells king cladios that hamlet want to kill his and King claudiouse kills hamlet