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Laertes is killed by the poisoned sword that he originally killed Hamlet with.

After wounding Hamlet with the poisoned sword, the swords are switched and Hamlet wounds Laertes with the poisoned sword.

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Eupeithes, the father of Antinous was killed by Laertes in The Odyssey.

Hamlet is killed by Laertes in the play Hamlet.

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Who kills eupeithes?

Laertes.


Who kills Antinous's father?

Laertes, Odysseus' father, kills Antinous' father Eupeithes with a spear through his helmet, after having been blessed by Athena.


Who kills Hamlet in Act V?

The poisoned tip of Laertes' blade cuts Hamlet in their duel in Act V; thus Laertes is the direct cause of Hamlet's death.


How is Laertes Hamlet's FOIL?

Laertes is, in a way, doubly Hamlet's foil since he not only kills Hamlet (can't get more foil-ish than that!), but he does so with a foil - a fencing sword - pun intended or not.


Who is Laertes in the Odyssey?

In the epic poem "The Odyssey" by Homer, Laertes is the father of Odysseus. He is an elderly man who lives on a farm in Ithaca. Laertes is a wise and loyal character who plays a significant role in the later part of the story.


Does hamlet kill himself?

He is stabbed by the tip of Laertes' poisoned rapier during their dual. Not necessarily... He is wounded by the rapier, but then stabs Laertes, and kills his uncle before he himself dies.


Why does laertes force his way in and what does he want in act 4 of hamlet?

He wants to get at Claudius, who he blames for his father's death. The crowd backing him are shouting "Laertes shall be king", so the idea is that he will replace Claudius, after he kills him to revenge the death of Polonius. But Laertes is far too dimwitted to be king, and Claudius outwits him without difficulty.


Who does Hamlet kill in the play?

hamlet killed king Claudius, Polonius, and laertes. (he technically killed rosencrantz & guildenstern because of a letter telling the king of England to kill them)


In Hamlet what does hamlet do that is evil?

Under the universal definition of evil, Hamlet commits murder. He kills Polonius, although his intent was to kill Claudius for revenge of the death of his father. He calculates how to have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern killed in his stead, by forging a letter requesting their executions to the King of England. He kills Laertes--again unintentionally, because he uses the poisoned foil that Laertes slashed him with. Finally, he kills Claudius by stabbing him and feeding the King poison.


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.


Who kill antinous father?

Laertes, Odysseus' father, kills Antinous' father Eupeithes with a spear through his helmet, after having been blessed by Athena.


What is a quick summary of Hamlet?

Hamlet is told by the ghost of his father that he was murdered by Hamlet's uncle Claudius who is now the king and Hamlet's stepfather. In the process of pursuing his revenge, Hamlet kills Polonius, Claudius's counsellor and the father of Hamlet's girlfriend Ophelia. Ophelia goes mad and dies, and her brother Laertes comes vowing vengeance for his father's death. Laertes and Claudius plot Hamlet's death, but although Hamlet is mortally wounded, their plot misfires, killing Hamlet's mother and Laertes. Hamlet kills Claudius before he, too, expires.