Hamlet was struck by tragedy when he narrowly escaped death once again. His mother tragically took Hamlet’s drink instead of her own. As the queen collapses, Laertes exclaimed, “Thy mother’s poisoned. I can no more. The King, the King’s to blame” Hamlet (V, ii, 350). Hamlet was able to once again narrowly escapes death and he is forced instead to watch his last family mother, the Queen, die. After realizing the King had meant to kill him it caused Hamlet to react violently, shoving the poisoned drink down the Kings throat. This act was ameliorated by the fact that the king had killed his wife and Hamlet’s Mother. Hamlet’s act is desperate as anyone would be after they see their mother take their place in death but Hamlet himself is now dying.
