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Hamlet stabbed him right behind the arras in Queen Gertrude's room.

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he was spying on hamlet, hamlet thought he was the king so he killed him

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Stabbed, accidentally, by Hamlet after yelling out for "Help" from behind an array, since he thought Hamlet was going to kill Queen Gertrude.

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Polonius was spying on Gertrude and Hamlet. Hamlet accidently killed him thinking he was Claudius.

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Accidently hamlet thinking that claudius was hiding behind the curtain and eavesdropping he killed polonius instead

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Polonius, who was hiding behind an arras and suspected to be Claudius, is killed by Hamlet.

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He was killed by Hamlet.

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Behind the arras in Gertrude's bedroom.

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