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William Shakespeare. HamletClaudius. Oh, my offence is rank. It smells to Heaven. It hath the primal eldest curse upon ’t, A brother’s murder. (III.iii.) Claudius utters these lines at the beginning of a soliloquy in which he confesses to murdering his brother. At first Claudius does not explicitly state that he killed his brother.
- Act I: Scene I
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- Hamlet
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- Gertrude
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- Ophelia
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- Polonius
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- Foreshadowing
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- Genre
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- Act I: Scene I
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1. Hamlet is probably referring to any promise of marriage he made to Ophelia, and to his disgust at the "incestuous" and hasty marriage of his mother Gertrude to Claudius. Nay, then, let the devil wear black, for I’ll have a suit of sables. Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2.
Jun 2, 2020 · Act 3, scene 4. ⌜ Scene 4 ⌝. Synopsis: 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.
Gertrude has died, unknowingly drinking the poison that Claudius had prepared for Hamlet; Claudius dies at the hand of Hamlet. It is on this scene of death that Fortinbras, the prince of Norway ...
Aug 17, 2017 · “What I have done,” Hamlet later says of the killing, “I here proclaim was madness” (5.2.201–03). Gertrude backs up Hamlet’s pretense of madness by telling Claudius that Hamlet, when killing Polonius, was “Mad as the sea and wind when both contend / Which is the mightier” (4.1.7–8).
Summary: Act IV, scene i. Frantic after her confrontation with Hamlet, Gertrude hurries to Claudius, who is conferring with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. She asks to speak to the king alone. When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern exit, she tells Claudius about her encounter with Hamlet. She says that he is as mad as the sea during a violent storm ...
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Looking at class, Claudius, Queen Gertrude, King Claudius, and Prince Hamlet—all royals—die on-stage, but King Hamlet—also a royal—dies off-stage. Ophelia, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern—all nobles—die off-stage, but Laertes—also a noble— dies on-stage. Looking at manner of death, King Hamlet and Gertrude were poisoned; Polonius,
