Laertes, who is angry that he has lost both passes, cuts Hamlet, eager to make him pay for what he did to his father. Laertes’s rash action angers Hamlet, who then takes Laertes’s own sword and cuts him with it. Around this time Gertrude falls from her seat and Hamlet goes to her. She tells him, “The drink, the drink! I am poison’d,” (V. ii. 282), then she died. Hamlet immediately in a furry demands, “ O villany! Ho! Let the door be lock’d: Treachery! Seek it out,” (V. ii. 283-284). Laertes tells Hamlet it is Claudius and himself, them informs Hamlet of his fatal wound. Hamlet immediately kills Claudius telling him “ Here, thou incestuous, murderous, damned Dane, Drink of this potion. Is thy union here? Follow my mother,” (V. ii. 297-299). Then he returns to reconcile with Laertes who then dies. Hamlet then shows his sanity in his dying actions when he tells Horatio, his true friend, to explain to the people what had happened and clear his name. Then finally after achieving his goals Hamlet dies. Hamlet seemed to be a sane man with the knowledge to make everyone think he was insane. He showed his sanity through his ability to control himself and make reasonable decisions even when faced with great
Laertes, who is angry that he has lost both passes, cuts Hamlet, eager to make him pay for what he did to his father. Laertes’s rash action angers Hamlet, who then takes Laertes’s own sword and cuts him with it. Around this time Gertrude falls from her seat and Hamlet goes to her. She tells him, “The drink, the drink! I am poison’d,” (V. ii. 282), then she died. Hamlet immediately in a furry demands, “ O villany! Ho! Let the door be lock’d: Treachery! Seek it out,” (V. ii. 283-284). Laertes tells Hamlet it is Claudius and himself, them informs Hamlet of his fatal wound. Hamlet immediately kills Claudius telling him “ Here, thou incestuous, murderous, damned Dane, Drink of this potion. Is thy union here? Follow my mother,” (V. ii. 297-299). Then he returns to reconcile with Laertes who then dies. Hamlet then shows his sanity in his dying actions when he tells Horatio, his true friend, to explain to the people what had happened and clear his name. Then finally after achieving his goals Hamlet dies. Hamlet seemed to be a sane man with the knowledge to make everyone think he was insane. He showed his sanity through his ability to control himself and make reasonable decisions even when faced with great