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   Why did Hamlet kill Polonius?

   • There’s a short and easy answer to the question of why Hamlet killed Polonius. It was an accident. A case of mistaken identify, if you will. What he did next, however, certainly was no accident. The story so far: Hamlet has sprung his mouse trap, playing out Claudius’ crime in front of him with the help of the actors.

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   How did Hamlet kill Claudius?

   • 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. Hamlet then verbally attacks his mother for marrying Claudius.

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   What does Polonius say to hamlet?

   • Polonius urges the queen to be harsh with Hamlet when he arrives, saying that she should chastise him for his recent behavior. Gertrude agrees, and Polonius hides behind an arras, or tapestry. Hamlet storms into the room and asks his mother why she has sent for him. She says that he has offended his father, meaning his stepfather, Claudius.

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   Why did hamlet stab Polonius?

   • Polonius finally makes his presence known, trying to help his queen, but before he can get out from behind the curtain, Hamlet, already enraged and believing him to be Claudius, stabs Polonius to death. When the curtain is drawn back and Polonius's body is revealed, Hamlet regrets his rash actions: Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell!

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   What does death mean in Hamlet?

   • Death — the thinking being who cannot act from thought must perish. Through the death of Polonius, Hamlet has committed the very crime which he was seeking to punish; the son of a father murdered has himself murdered a father. Retribution will call up against him a son, at whose hands he will meet his fate.

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   Did Hamlet kill a king?

   • Disbelieving, the queen exclaims, “As kill a king!” and Hamlet replies that she heard him correctly (III.iv.29). Hamlet lifts the arras and discovers Polonius’s body: he has not killed the king and achieved his revenge but has murdered the relatively innocent Polonius. He bids the old man farewell, calling him an “intruding fool” (III.iv.30).

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   Feb 13, 2015 · There’s a short and easy answer to the question of why Hamlet killed Polonius. It was an accident. A case of mistaken identify, if you will. What he did next, however, certainly was no accident. The story so far: Hamlet has sprung his mouse trap, playing out Claudius’ crime in front of him with the help of the actors.

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   Hamlet lifts the arras and discovers Polonius’s body: he has not killed the king and achieved his revenge but has murdered the relatively innocent Polonius. He bids the old man farewell, calling him an “intruding fool” (III.iv.30). He turns to his mother, declaring that he will wring her heart.

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   Through the death of Polonius, Hamlet has committed the very crime which he was seeking to punish; the son of a father murdered has himself murdered a father. Retribution will call up against him a son, at whose hands he will meet his fate.

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   Oct 3, 2024 · Why does Hamlet kill Polonius? Hamlet kills Polonius in act 3, scene 4 of William Shakespeare's Hamlet because he believes him to be King Claudius, the man who killed...

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   Oct 7, 2024 · Quick answer: The significance of Polonius' death in Hamlet is that it triggers a series of tragic events that lead to the play's bloody conclusion. Hamlet's...

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   Jun 2, 2020 · Polonius echoes her cry, and Hamlet, thinking Polonius to be Claudius, stabs him to death. Hamlet then verbally attacks his mother for marrying Claudius. In the middle of Hamlet’s attack, the Ghost returns to remind Hamlet that his real purpose is to avenge his father’s death.

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   As we saw in Act IV, scene ii, the murder of Polonius and the subsequent traumatic encounter with his mother seem to leave Hamlet in a frantic, unstable frame of mind, the mode in which his excitable nature seems very similar to actual madness.