FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Polonius
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Laertes
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Rosencrantz
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Marcellus
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Detailed explanation-1: -Laertes is the son of Polonius and the brother of Ophelia . In the final scene, he mortally stabs Hamlet with a poison-tipped sword to avenge the deaths of his father and sister, for which he blamed Hamlet. While dying of the same poison, he implicates King Claudius .
Detailed explanation-2: -Laertes, the brother of Ophelia (Hamlet’s love interest), challenges Hamlet to a duel in order to avenge Polonius’ death. Claudius convinces Laertes to put poison on the tip of his sword to cut Hamlet in the duel.
Detailed explanation-3: -But they fight again, and Laertes scores a hit against Hamlet, drawing blood. Scuffling, they manage to exchange swords, and Hamlet wounds Laertes with Laertes’ own blade. The queen falls. Laertes, poisoned by his own sword, declares, “I am justly kill’d with my own treachery” (V.
Detailed explanation-4: -Laertes selects the poisoned and sharpened rapier, and the two go at it. When Claudius offers Hamlet the poisoned goblet of wine, Hamlet refuses, and Gertrude picks up the cup instead. Toasting Hamlet, she drinks the poison, ensuring her eventual death.
Detailed explanation-5: -Now knowing that Hamlet is still alive, Claudius offers Laertes an opportunity to show his love for Polonius by joining him in a plot to kill Hamlet by engaging in swordplay with him.