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Why does queen gertrude scold hamlet then soon cry out for help?
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How does polonius die?
Hamlet stabbed him right behind the arras in Queen Gertrude's room.
What was the Tapestry in Hamlet?
When Prince Hamlet goes to confront Gertrude (the queen) after the actors perform, Polonius, the king's adviser runs and hides behind a tapestry that is hanging on a wall in the queen's room. As Hamlet yells at Gertrude, she feels threatened and screams for help. At the sound of this, Polonius is worried and calls for help also. Hamlet hears this, and thinking it's Claudius, runs toward the tapestry and pierces through it with his sword, accidentally stabbing Polonius.
Why does Hamlet stab through the curtains or arras in gertrude's room?
His mother Gertrude called for help and a voice came from behind the curtain repeating the call for help. Hamlet assumed that it was Claudius and his chance to kill him had come so he stabbed through the curtain. It was only after that he found that it wasn't Claudius after all.
What did polonius hide behind?
It's actually an arras that Polonius hides behind. Both times Polonius hides behind an arras, he does so to eavesdrop on what Hamlet says to somebody else. First, Polonius hides to listen to Hamlet talk to Ophelia, then later, he hides to listen to Hamlet talk to Gertrude.
What are some questions to ask Hamlet?
Some unanswered questions in Hamlet are: Does Hamlet truly go "mad" or is it all an act? Does it matter? Why doesn't anybody dislike Claudius even though he's a murderer? Did Gertrude play a part in Hamlet's father's death? Does the ghost of Hamlet's father tell him not to blame Gertrude, Hamlet's mother? Does Hamlet love Ophelia? Is Hamlet in love with his mother? If he is in love with his mother is he also still in love with Ophelia?
What or who stops Hamlet from doing violence to getrude when he forgets his fathers commandment?
Polonius, after Gertrude cries out in her closet (private chamber), calls "What, ho! Help!" and Hamlet hears it, thus turning his attention to the spy. Polonius loses his life for it.
How did Ophelia's father die?
Prior to Hamlet's entry into Gertrude's (Hamlet's mother) chamber, Polonius is having a discussion with the queen. As Hamlet enters his mother's room rather abruptly, Polonius chooses to hide behind a tapestry on the wall. When Hamlet begins to threaten his mother, Polonius believes Hamlet is trying to kill her, and so Polonius cries for help. Hamlet "thinking it was King Claudius" (it is unclear as to whether he actually believes its the King or not), stabs Polonius through the tapestry, killing him. As he dies he lets out his iconically obvious line "Oh, I am slain".
Why has Shakespeare made the choice for the Ghost to be seen and heard only by Hamlet?
He did not. The ghost is only heard by Hamlet but Bernardo, Marcellus and Horatio see it. This is a clue to us that the ghost is not just a figment of Hamlet's imagination. Gertrude, however, cannot see or hear the ghost even when it is present in the same room. This suggests that the ghost can appear to anyone if that suits its purpose; it is important to be seen by the guards so they will bring it to Hamlet's attention, but also important that he not be seen to be involved by his widow. But the real reason, as ever in a Shakespeare play, is dramatic. The scenes where the ghost appears to the guards is a dramatic scene good for opening the play, and the fact that they have seen the ghost allows for a number of wonderful scenes: Horatio's description of the ghost in 1,2, the attempts by Horatio to hold Hamlet back in 1,3, and Hamlet's insistence that they swear an oath of secrecy. All of this would be lost if the Ghost was visible only to Hamlet. But in Act 3, the scene is between Hamlet and Gertrude, and the ghost is a minor distraction. Having him appear to Gertrude would necessitate some kind of confrontation between them, and the scene would become one between Gertrude and the Ghost and Hamlet would be superfluous. Since such a scene is not necessary to the plot (Hamlet will convince Gertrude of Claudius's guilt without the help of the ghost), Shakespeare wisely avoided it.
Why does Hamlet stab and kill Polonius?
Before Hamlet enters his mother's chamber, Polonius is having a discussion with Hamlet's mother Gertrude. As Hamlet enters the room, Polonius conceals himself behind a tapestry hanging from the wall. When he hears Gertrude begin to feel threatened by Hamlet, he cries out for help, thinking that he would kill them both. Hamlet hears Polonius, and believes him to be a rat/spy (possibly even King Claudius, but it is unclear if he truly believes this). Hamlet stabs through the tapestry killing Polonius, who remarks "O, I am slain".
How does Claudius kill King Hamlet and why?
Hamlet stabs Claudius with a poisoned sword, but only the tip is poisonous and it is dubious whether Laertes' poisoned tip cuts the king as King Claudius cries out for help claiming he is only hurt. Hamlet then holds him down and forces him to drink the last of the poisoned wine that had been intended for Hamlet, but his mother, the queen, drank it and died. Laertes says the king "is justly served; It is a poison temper'd by himself. [the king]" Implying Laertes' poison didn't kill Claudius, Claudius's poison killed himself, just as Laertes was slain by his own posion from the sword. So, Hamlet kills Claudius by making him drink a cup of poisoned wine that Claudius had intended for Hamlet.
How does Gertrude seek to shield Hamlet?
In Act 4, Scene 1 when Claudius asks Gertrude "How does Hamlet?" she tells him that he is as "Mad as the sea and wind", not telling him what Hamlet has admitted to her in the previous scene that he is actually "mad in craft" as opposed to actually mad, thereby protecting his plan. On top of that while she tells Claudius that Hamlet killed Polonious accidentally in the last scene, she does not tell him that Hamlet was openly disappointed that he had not killed Claudius. She also says that Hamlet "weeps for what is done" when in fact after murdering Polonious Hamlet said "Thou wretched, intruding fool, farewell. I took the for thy better."
How do the eight die in Hamlet?
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.
