FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Laertes
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Claudius
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Hamlet
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The Queen
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet, wondering who has died, notices that the funeral rites seem “maimed, ” indicating that the dead man or woman took his or her own life (V.i.242). He and Horatio hide as the procession approaches the grave. As Ophelia is laid in the earth, Hamlet realizes it is she who has died.
Detailed explanation-2: -A funeral procession approaches. Hamlet soon realizes that the corpse is Ophelia’s. When Laertes in his grief leaps into her grave and curses Hamlet as the cause of Ophelia’s death, Hamlet comes forward. He and Laertes struggle, with Hamlet protesting his own love and grief for Ophelia.
Detailed explanation-3: -"Sweets to the sweet, ” she says; “I hoped thou shouldst have been my Hamlet’s wife.” Hamlet now realizes that it is Ophelia who lies dead in the casket, and he attacks Laertes, who has just cursed Hamlet and thrown himself into the grave.
Detailed explanation-4: -Queen drinks the poison made up by Claudius that was meant for Hamlet. Hamlet kills Claudius as a result. Laertes scrapes Hamlet with his poisoned sword and this causes him to begin to die.