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How do the king and laertes intent to make triply sure that Hamlet is dead?
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1. Laertes' sword is unbaited
2. Laertes' sword is poisoned
3. Hamlet's drink is poisoned
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Who is dead on stage at the end of the play hamlet?
Well, a lot of people: Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, and Laertes.
What does Hamlet do at Ophelia's funeral?
He gets into a fight with her brother Laertes, falls into her grave, and steps all over her dead body. Not a pretty sight.
What news did Gertrude give to Laertes?
Ophelia tells her father polonius that her boyfriend Hamlet has gone insane.
Does Claudius plan to have Hamlet killed in a duel with Laertes?
Laertes plans on killing Hamlet by challenging him to a duel. Laertes will have a sharper blade than needed, and this blade will have posion on it, so if Hamlet gets cut during the battle, he will die. If Laertes fails, King Claudius will posion Hamlet at dinner following the duel.
How many deaths occurred in Hamlet?
Hamlet single handedly kills three people: Polonius (Laertes' father) by accident, Laertes with a poisoned rapier (that was originally Laertes' at the beginning of the duel, they scuffle and accidentally switch rapiers), and the King (his uncle) by forcing him to finish the poisoned wine (the same wine that Hamlet's mother, the queen, accidentally drank. it was originally meant for hamlet to drink). You could say that Hamlet basically killed rosencrantz and guildenstern too. He sent them to England in place of himself, and the letter that Hamlet was supposed to deliver said, "kill the person that delivers this message," so, naturally, the two were killed by authorities in England. Hamlet betrayed them, so he's somewhat responsible for their deaths.
Who is dead on stage at the end of the play hamlet?
Well, a lot of people: Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, and Laertes.
What does Claudius want to do when Hamlet returns to denmark?
Claudius wants Hamlet dead. He wants his own hands clean, though. His main priority right then is appeasing Laertes, but that aligns nicely.
Who becomes Claudius new Ally in the plot against hamlet?
Laertes, son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia (both dead because of Hamlet's actions), decides to become Claudius' ally in order to take revenge on Hamlet.
What does Hamlet do at Ophelia's funeral?
He gets into a fight with her brother Laertes, falls into her grave, and steps all over her dead body. Not a pretty sight.
What news did Gertrude give to Laertes?
Ophelia tells her father polonius that her boyfriend Hamlet has gone insane.
Does Claudius plan to have Hamlet killed in a duel with Laertes?
Laertes plans on killing Hamlet by challenging him to a duel. Laertes will have a sharper blade than needed, and this blade will have posion on it, so if Hamlet gets cut during the battle, he will die. If Laertes fails, King Claudius will posion Hamlet at dinner following the duel.
How many people die in Hamlet?
There are eight individuals who die during the play, three of them offstage :Hamlet himself, King Claudius and Queen Gertrude, Polonius, Laertes, Ophelia, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Hamlet's father is dead before the play opens, and only his Ghost appears.(It's also implied that the servant Reynaldo dies, although that has to be interpreted.)
How many dead fathers are mentioned in the play Hamlet?
There is Hamlet's father, of course, The Ghost. There is Laertes's and Ophelia's father, obviously. We hear in Act 1 Scene 1 about Fortinbras's father who was killed by Hamlet's father And there is Priam in the Player's speech: "But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword, the unnerved father falls."
What does ophelia give to laertes?
In Act 1 Scene 3 of Hamlet, both Laertes and Polonius advise Ophelia to stop seeing Hamlet, in their own ways. Laertes, as Ophelia's brother, gives the explanation that Hamlet, as heir to the throne of Denmark, must ultimately do what benefits the country. That means that though he may love Ophelia now, he will never be able to marry her because she is not of royal blood so it would not reflect well on the country, and because Denmark must come first, their relationship is doomed to end. Laertes says that Hamlet's affections for Ophelia are essentially flirtation and are going nowhere. (Of course he is dead wrong about Ophelia's chances of marrying Hamlet. At her funeral Gertrude says "I hoped thou shouldst have been my Hamlet's wife.") Polonius, Ophelia's father, gives the same advice for a different reason. He basically says that Hamlet is a young guy and offers her affection because he wants her, not because he loves her. He advises that Ophelia should stop seeing Hamlet because what she thinks is love is simply lust.
What does ophelia say when hamlet speaks of his father's death?
Claudius advises Hamlet to stop mourning his father's death and start celebrating the marriage between him and Hamlet's mother. He calls Hamlet's attitude"stubborn and unmanly." A little insensitive considering Hamlet's father has only been dead for 2 months at the time.
How many deaths occurred in Hamlet?
Hamlet single handedly kills three people: Polonius (Laertes' father) by accident, Laertes with a poisoned rapier (that was originally Laertes' at the beginning of the duel, they scuffle and accidentally switch rapiers), and the King (his uncle) by forcing him to finish the poisoned wine (the same wine that Hamlet's mother, the queen, accidentally drank. it was originally meant for hamlet to drink). You could say that Hamlet basically killed rosencrantz and guildenstern too. He sent them to England in place of himself, and the letter that Hamlet was supposed to deliver said, "kill the person that delivers this message," so, naturally, the two were killed by authorities in England. Hamlet betrayed them, so he's somewhat responsible for their deaths.
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.
