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How do the eight die in Hamlet?

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Polonius is killed when Hamlet is arguing with his mother Gertrude and Polonius is hiding behind an arras. When his mother calls for help, he also calls and Hamlet stabs him through the arras beliving that it is Claudius hiding behind it.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are recruited by Claudius after Hamlet kills Polonius to escort Hamlet to England along with a letter for the King of England to have him killed. Hamlet finds and rewrites the letter instructing them to be killed instead. Their ship is attacked and Hamlet returns to England leaving them to go to their deaths in England.

Ohphelia, Hamlet's girlfriend, commits suicide when she discovers that Hamlet killed her father Polonius.

Gertrude drinks from a poisoned cup that Claudius had prepared for Hamlet to kill him.

Laertes takes part in a duel with Hamlet and scratches him with a poisoned sword - poisoned by Claudius. However, later in the duel the swords are switched and Hamlet stabs Laertes with the poisoned sword, killing him.

Claudius is forced to drink poison by Hamlet for revenge of killing both his mother and father.

Hamlet dies after being scratched by the poisoned sword.

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