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King Claudius will drink to anything. In Act 1 Scene 2 he says "No jocund health that Denmark drinks today but the great cannon to the clouds shall tell, and the King's rouse the heavens shall bruit again, respeaking earthly thunder." He's still at it that night, at midnight when Hamlet has to explain to Horatio why the cannons keep going off: "The King doth wake tonight and takes his rouse, . . . and as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down the kettle-drum and Trumpet thus bray out the triumph of his pledge.
He does it again in Act 5 scene 2 when he says: "Give me the cups and let the kettle to the trumpet speak, the trumpet to the cannoneer without, the cannons to the heavens, the heaven to earth, 'Now the King drinks to Hamlet'"
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Who says thy mother poisoned in hamlet?
She does. She says: No, no, the drink, the drink,--O my dear Hamlet,--The drink, the drink! I am poison'd.
How do the king and laertes intent to make triply sure that Hamlet is dead?
1. Laertes' sword is unbaited 2. Laertes' sword is poisoned 3. Hamlet's drink is poisoned
Why did Hamlet not become king after his father died?
Hamlet did not become king after his father died because Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, married Hamlet's mother and became king instead.
Who is Prince Hamlet?
King Hamlet isn't. King Hamlet was. In the play Hamlet, King Hamlet was the previous king of Denmark and father to Prince Hamlet after whom the play is named. At the time the play starts. King Hamlet is already dead. However, his ghost makes an appearance in Act 1 Scene 1 and in three scenes thereafter.
How are Hamlet and king Gertrude related?
Claudius and King Hamlet were brothers. Gertrude was married to King Hamlet first, and then she married Claudius.
What does the King want to do with a chalice that could be detrimental to Hamlet's health?
Give it to Hamlet so Hamlet will drink it.
Who says thy mother poisoned in hamlet?
She does. She says: No, no, the drink, the drink,--O my dear Hamlet,--The drink, the drink! I am poison'd.
How do laertes claudious and Hamlet die in the end of Hamlet?
Laertes cuts Hamlet by his poisined sowrd, but Hamlet takes the sowrd and kills lartes by it after Laertes confesses that King Claudius wanted that to happen and he is also the one that poisined the cup (that Gurtrude drank from and died). Hamlet then rushes towards the king, making him drink from the poisined cup and by the poisined sowrd.
In the movie Hamlet what characters died and how did the characters die?
Laertes dies by his own poisoned blade at the hand of hamlet hamlet dies from laertes poisoned blade Gertrude takes a drink of the wine intended for hamlet by Claudius that poisoned her Claudius is forced to drink the poisoned wine by hamlet Rosencrantz and Guildenstern take a letter to England that tells the king to kill them and it is signed by hamlet Ophelia drownds her self Polonius is stabed by hamlet
Who dies from a poisened chalice in Hamlet?
Gertrude, Hamlet's mother, accidentally drinks the poison. This happened because she was giving a toast to Hamlet after winning the fencing match against Laertes but not knowing that Claudius intended to make Hamlet drink from that cup if the plant to poison him from fencing fails.
How do the king and laertes intent to make triply sure that Hamlet is dead?
1. Laertes' sword is unbaited 2. Laertes' sword is poisoned 3. Hamlet's drink is poisoned
Why did Hamlet not become king after his father died?
Hamlet did not become king after his father died because Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, married Hamlet's mother and became king instead.
What is the horatio dose to Hamlet?
he tells king cladios that hamlet want to kill his and King claudiouse kills hamlet
Who is Prince Hamlet?
King Hamlet isn't. King Hamlet was. In the play Hamlet, King Hamlet was the previous king of Denmark and father to Prince Hamlet after whom the play is named. At the time the play starts. King Hamlet is already dead. However, his ghost makes an appearance in Act 1 Scene 1 and in three scenes thereafter.
What is the storyline to Hamlet?
Hamlet is the son of King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude of Denmark, but his father has recently died and his uncle Claudius has become king and married Queen Gertrude. Hamlet is taken to a battlement where the ghost of his father appears and tells him that he was murdered by Claudius and commands Hamlet to revenge him by killing Claudius. Hamlet decides to act crazy while looking for a chance to get at the king. His crazy behaviour induces the king to set spies on him, first his school pals Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and later his girlfriend Ophelia. Hamlet, still unsure of the ghost's veracity, gets some travelling players to put on a play which mimics the murder. Claudius's reactions confirm he is the murderer all right. Hamlet then has a chance to kill him, but holds his hand because he is praying. He then visits his mother in her room and kills the king's advisor who is also his girlfriend's father and who was spying on him for the king. The king then sends him to England to get him out of the way with instructions to the English to kill him. The death of her father drives Ophelia crazy and she drowns. Her brother arrives, desperate for revenge. Hamlet's ship gets attacked by pirates and he ends up back in England. Ophelia's brother Laertes and the king plot to kill Hamlet by staging a fencing match in which Laertes will have a poisoned sharp sword, and Claudius will give Hamlet a poisoned drink. But it all backfires. Hamlet gets hold of the poisoned sword after Laertes cuts him with it and kills Laertes. Gertrude drinks the poisoned drink and dies. Hamlet stabs Claudius and gives him the remains of the poisoned drink and then dies himself in the arms of his best friend Horatio.
How are Hamlet and king Gertrude related?
Claudius and King Hamlet were brothers. Gertrude was married to King Hamlet first, and then she married Claudius.
What is the name of the Queen of Denmark in Shakespeare's Hamlet?
Gertrude, Hamlet's mother and wife of his Uncle Claudius, King of Denmark.
