FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Horatio
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Claudius
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Laertes
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Hamlet
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Detailed explanation-1: -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: -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. He then turns his attention to punishing Gertrude.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Hamlet killed Polonius by an accident. He was attempting to avenge his father’s murder by killing Claudius, but got misled and killed Polonius.
Detailed explanation-4: -Killing Polonius. Hamlet expects the spy to be King Claudius, when he pulls back to the curtain to reveal Polonius’ dead body he says. “Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell!” Hamlet continues by expressing disappointment in Polonius whom he had previously thought to be a better man.