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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.
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∙ 6y agoThere 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.)
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