satisfy all the readers arid investigators o f Shakespeare. One
thing is obvious - he was not a cold-blooded killer.
Instead o f Claudius Hamlet, by mistake, kills Polonius, Ophelia’s
father. It happens because Polonius, the king’s adviser, decides to
eavesdrop on Hamlet while the prince is visiting his mother in her
sitting room. He hides behind a curtain, but Harnlet becomes aware
that som eone is there. Hamlet stabs Polonius through the curtain
and kills him.
The king, Claudius, exiles Hamlet to England for the murder.
He also sends secret orders that the prince be executed after he
arrives in England. But Hamlet intercepts the orders and returns
to Denmark safe and sound. He arrives in time and sees Ophelia’s
burial.
Ophelia is the daughter o f Polonius and the girl whom Hamlet
loves. She goes insane after her father’s death and drowns herself.
Laertes, O phelia’s brother, blames Hamlet for his sister’s and
father’s deaths. He agrees to Claudius’s plan to kill Hamlet with
a poisoned sword in a fencing match. Laertes wounds Hamlet
during the duel, and is wounded him self by the poisoned weapon.
Hamlet’s mother, watching the match, accidentally drinks frorn a
cup o f poisoned wine prepared by Claudius for Hamlet. Dying
from the wound, Hamlet kills Claudius. At the end o f the play,
Hamlet, his mother, Claudius, and Laertes all lie dead.
The role o f Hamlet in this outstanding play is considered one
o f the greatest acting challenges o f the theatre. Shakespeare
focused the play on the deep conflict within thoughtful and idealistic
H am let. H am let rev ea ls th is c o n flic t in sev era l fam o u s
monologues. The best known o f them is his monologue on suicide,
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