FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Hamlet thinks he might be the king hiding behind the curtain and stabs him.
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Hamlet is actually crazy, and thinks there is a man-sized rat hiding behind the curtain and stabs him in an attempt to kill said rat.
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Hamlet thinks there is a regular sized rat behind the curtain and stabs around about 3 feet above it and accidentally kills him
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Hamlet doesn’t like eavesdroppers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Polonius reacts from behind the curtain and yells for help. Hamlet draws his sword and thrusts it through the tapestry, killing Polonius. When Hamlet lifts the wallhanging and discovers Polonius’ body, he tells the body that he had believed he was stabbing the King.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Hamlet, thinking that Polonius is actually Claudius, stabs blindly through the curtain, killing Polonius on the spot. Instead of feeling any remorse, Hamlet turns on his mother, attacking her for marrying Claudius so soon after her husband’s death.
Detailed explanation-4: -Polonius plans to hide in order to eavesdrop on Gertrude’s confrontation with her son, in the hope that doing so will enable him to determine the cause of Hamlet’s bizarre and threatening behavior.
Detailed explanation-5: -What Hamlet doesn’t know is that Polonius is hiding behind an arras in Gertrude’s room, and Polonius quickly calls for help too, thinking that the Queen is in danger. Hamlet thinks that the man hiding there is Claudius, whom he wants to kill, so he stabs Polonius through the curtain.