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hamlet killed polonius by accident.
polonius was hiding behind the arrays in gertrudes room and hamlet thought it was claudius so he stabbed him with his sword only to find that it wasnt cladius, but polonius.
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∙ 13y agoHamlet unintentionally kills Polonius, who was hiding behind arras, because he thought Polonius was actually Claudius.
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Why did Laertes die in Hamlet?
Hamlet stabbed him with the poisoned sword which Laertes had poisoned to kill Hamlet. He was, in Hamlet's phrase, "hoist with his own petard."
Who is the first character to be kill in Hamlet?
King hamlet, hamlets real father is already dead, poisened by claudious before the play begins, he is the ghost. then hamlet accidentally kills polonious.
What does Polonious say is the reason Hamlet has gone mad?
Polonius thinks that Hamlet has been driven mad because Polonius told Ophelia to reject all letters and gifts from Hamlet. He is, in Polonius's view, suffering from unrequited love. It is typical of someone as full of himself as Polonius is to imagine that whatever is going on is all due to something he himself did.
What is the plot of Hamlet ?
Hamlet is about a young man (Hamlet) who is told by the ghost of his father that Hamlet's uncle and stepfather murdered him. Hamlet acts crazy while waiting for the right moment to kill his uncle, but his uncle is spying on him and guesses the truth. In the end the uncle's plot to kill Hamlet almost succeeds, but before he dies, Hamlet completes his revenge.
What line spoken by Gertrude indicates that she was not involved in King Hamlet's murder?
"Hamlet: To kill a king and marry with his brother. Gertrude: To kill a king? Hamlet: Ay, lady, that was my word."
Why did Laertes die in Hamlet?
Hamlet stabbed him with the poisoned sword which Laertes had poisoned to kill Hamlet. He was, in Hamlet's phrase, "hoist with his own petard."
How did polonious die?
hamlet kills him Hamlet is "frightened by some movemnet behind the curtain" and slays him thinking it was Cladius.
Who is the first character to be kill in Hamlet?
King hamlet, hamlets real father is already dead, poisened by claudious before the play begins, he is the ghost. then hamlet accidentally kills polonious.
What Shakespeare play is this from brerity is the soul of wit?
"Brevity is the soul of wit" is from Lord Polonious' speech in Shakespeare's Hamlet, in Act II, scene ii.
What is Polonius' plan for testing his theory that Hamlet is love-crazy?
In "Hamlet", Polonious devises a plan to test his theory that Hamlet is madly in love with Ophelia, and since she is ignoring him, he is depressed. He plans to arrange for Hamlet and Ophelia to meet. He will hide close by and ease-drop to determine if he is correct in his assumption.
What does Polonious say is the reason Hamlet has gone mad?
Polonius thinks that Hamlet has been driven mad because Polonius told Ophelia to reject all letters and gifts from Hamlet. He is, in Polonius's view, suffering from unrequited love. It is typical of someone as full of himself as Polonius is to imagine that whatever is going on is all due to something he himself did.
Who is plotting Hamlet's death?
Claudius and Laertes plot to kill Hamlet.
What is the horatio dose to Hamlet?
he tells king cladios that hamlet want to kill his and King claudiouse kills hamlet
What is the plot of Hamlet ?
Hamlet is about a young man (Hamlet) who is told by the ghost of his father that Hamlet's uncle and stepfather murdered him. Hamlet acts crazy while waiting for the right moment to kill his uncle, but his uncle is spying on him and guesses the truth. In the end the uncle's plot to kill Hamlet almost succeeds, but before he dies, Hamlet completes his revenge.
Is it true or false Hamlet is the reason rosencrantz and guildenstern are put to death?
True. Hamlet changed the king's orders to the English from "Kill Hamlet" to "Kill Rosencrantz and Guildenstern." He didn't have to do that; he could have changed the orders to "Give Hamlet some flowers".
What line spoken by Gertrude indicates that she was not involved in King Hamlet's murder?
"Hamlet: To kill a king and marry with his brother. Gertrude: To kill a king? Hamlet: Ay, lady, that was my word."
How didn't anyone know Hamlet was going to kill king Claudius?
Claudius knew. That's why he conspired with Laertes to kill Hamlet first.
