Polonius

heaven for his sins may have already been forgiven. Instead, Hamlet decides to kill Claudius when he’s in the act of committing some other sin like drinking or in lust. Polonius tells Claudius that Gertrude wants to see Hamlet in her bedroom. He tells the king that he will hide behind an arras to listen in on their conversation. Polonius says mothers in nature are more biased when it comes to their…

hurting people that he didn’t (mean>intend?) to hurt. The suicidal death of Ophelia was one of Hamlet’s victims. “With a hoarse cry Hamlet ran his sword through the Paris’s shoulder… around the tapestry and saw Polonius.” (Pg. 126-127) He also committed the accidental murder of Polonius. Lewis B. Smedes once…

decorations, is very dim and sombre, with only the bed receiving significant illumination. The setting mirrors Hamlet’s and Gertrude’s inner conflicts, both of which are revealed in the scene. The mirror, fragmented after Hamlet’s impulsive shooting of Polonius, heightens this ambience as a permanent symbol…

Horatio is the only one left alive and the tell the story. Compare Hamlet’s eight to Claudius’s one and the true villain of the story is revealed. The first to suffer the vengeful spirit of Hamlet is Polonius, who is stabbed by Hamlet while behind a curtain. Once he realizes that he has mistaken Polonius for Claudius Hamlet says: “I took thee for thy better” (3.4.33). Because of Hamlet’s mistake, Ophelia goes crazy and kills herself. In addition to being the cause for Ophelia’s suicide, he…

Claudius. Hamlet's act of masquerading madness allows him to speak his mind behind the disguise of insanity, so that no one would become suspicious of him. Hamlet uses his madness as an excuse and a part of his apology, towards Laertes for murdering Polonius. A mad man would not be able to fabricate such thoughts. On the other hand, Hamlet acts perfectly sane when acting insane is unnecessary. Hamlet had no reason to act insane with Horatio because he was his close friend, who was clever…

with Hamlet. Claudius and Polonius follows Ophelia. At first Hamlet is nice to her but then start getting suspicious thinking somebody sent her so he turns on her telling her that he never loved her. Ophelia is crushed by this, so Polonius tells the queen to talk to him alone. Meanwhile, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern tells Claudius and the queen that Hamlet shows excitement towards the upcoming show. Class Notes: During class we discussed, the fact that Claudius and Polonius are determined to…

can see a lot of complexity in terms of his personalities and decisions throughout the play. He, in all characters, portrays a wide array of emotions. By nature, he is harsh and tends to act on impulse. And instance of this is the act of stabbing Polonius. Hamlet wants to take revenge for his father’s death. He is obsessed with proving that Claudius is the culprit, disappointed in the fact that his mother is in love with Claudius and marrying the guy, and then disgusted by this. So it is of no…

“Why, man, they did make love to this employment. They are not near my conscience, their defeat Does by their own insinuation grow.” (V.II.57-59) Hamlet has shown to be heartless to the people he has done wrong too. During the closet scene, when Polonius was killed. Hamlets first reaction was “A bloody deed. Almost as bad, good mother, As kill a king and marry with his brother.” (III.IV.28-29) and through this reaction, it shows that Hamlet has no sorrow to the people he has killed, but only to…

he was willing to do anything to quench it. His hatred towards his uncle was the coals in the fire of revenge. As the play progresses, Hamlet becomes more and more irrational. In Act 3, Hamlet ends up killing Polonius assuming it was really Claudius. Hamlet did not have quarrel with Polonius, but he was unfortunately caught in the crossfire. As previously stated, this does not excuse Hamlet’s actions, but it does further explain why he did it. Hamlet also played mind games with Ophelia because…

I-don’t-even-know-who-I-am, and Polonius was talking to Gertrude in her bedroom. When Hamlet enters the room, Polonius gets behind a curtain to hear what they were talking about, and find out the reason for Hamlet to act crazy. While Hamlet was talking to his mother, he notices that someone is behind the curtain, Hamlet believed it was Claudius spying on him, so he stabs him without even looking to see who really was behind the curtain, and he kills Polonius. Hamlet’s desire for revenge brought…