The climax of the play, Hamlet killing Polonius, had a major effect on the rest of the events that happened in Act IV. One of these effects would be the death of Hamlet himself. The leading action up to the death of Hamlet is started with the murder of Polonius, the obvious climax of the play. News of the death travels to France where Laertes, Polonius’ son is going to school. Laertes is so enraged that he comes to Denmark to avenge his father. He storms into the castle and starts claiming that Claudius killed him and tells him, “I’ll not be juggled with. To hell, allegiance! Vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit!” Claudius then goes on to explain to Laertes that it was Hamlet who killed his father, not him.
