FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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He and Ophelia are standing on the top of the castle tower, talking. Ophelia becomes enraged and pushes him over the edge.
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Polonius is hiding in the Queen’s room while she and Hamlet are talking. He makes a noise. Hamlet runs through the tapestry, thinking it may be Claudius, and kills Polonius.
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The King decides to get rid of any potential enemies. He sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to murder Polonius. They make it look like a suicide.
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He realizes Hamlet has been right all along. He kills himself in his grief and remorse.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Synopsis: In Gertrude’s room, Polonius hides behind a tapestry. Hamlet’s entrance so alarms Gertrude that she cries out for help. Polonius echoes her cry, and Hamlet, thinking Polonius to be Claudius, stabs him to death.
Detailed explanation-2: -In his last attempt to spy on Hamlet, Polonius hides himself behind an arras in Gertrude’s room. Hamlet deals roughly with his mother, causing her to cry for help. Polonius echoes the request for help and is heard by Hamlet, who then mistakes the voice for Claudius’ and stabs through the arras and kills him.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet continues to show no remorse for killing Polonius by mistake; he seems to think it was worth it for taking the risk of rashly slaying whoever was behind the curtain for the chance that it might be Claudius.