Who does not dies the court in hamlet?

Answer 1

As with most Shakespearian tragedies, most of the characters end up dying - Hamlet is no exception.

Polonius - mistakenly stabbed by Hamlet when he discovers Polonius spying on a conversation between him and Gertrude.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - executed in England after delivering what they suppose to be orders from Claudius (Hamlet is in fact supposed to be executed by the English, but after discovering Claudius' plot Hamlet changes his own name on his death warrant to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's)

Ophelia - drowned when gathering flowers near a body of water. There is speculation (within and without the play) as to whether or not Ophelia commits suicide after being driven mad by Hamlet's rejection of her and Polonius' death. In the play it states 'Her clothes spread wide/ and mermaid-like awhile they bore her up/ Which time she chanted snatches of old lauds/ As one incapable of her own distress', but it is unknown whether she knew that she was going to drown and didn't care, or if she just did not understand the significance of her situation. Or Gertrude could be intentionally making it look like an accident to spare Laertes's feelings.

Gertrude - drinks poisoned wine intended for Hamlet (Claudius poisons the wine). It's not clear whether she knew it was poisoned or not.

Claudius - poisoned and also stabbed by Hamlet, after Hamlet is fatally wounded.

Laertes - poisoned by his own sword in a duel with Hamlet. Laertes has poisoned the sword to ensure Hamlet's death, but during the duel Laertes drops his sword and it gets switched with Hamlet's.

Hamlet - Hamlet is poisoned by the same sword as Laetes, before Laertes drops his sword.

So, the final score is:

Two possible accidents or possible suicides (Gertrude and Ophelia)

One person killed by Laertes (Hamlet)

Five people killed by Hamlet (Polonius, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Laertes, Claudius)

Nobody killed by Claudius, unless you count King Hamlet who died before the play starts.

Answer 2

Well, lots of people, most of whom we have forgotten about by the end of the play. But apart from Horatio, Fortinbras, and the English Ambassador, who are standing on the stage at the end of the play, we have every reason to believe that Francisco, Bernardo, Marcellus, Voltimand, Cornelius, Reynaldo, Osric, the gravediggers, the crabby priest, the actors and the sundry sailors and pirates are still alive. (Although they could be dead--in Ken Branagh's movie he has Osric die and in another movie version the crabby priest dies).

Answer 3

Horatio and Fortinbras are the only main characters left in the end.

Answer 4

Fortinbras and Horatio

Answer 5

Horatio