Hamlet Act V: Scene ii Summary & Analysis - SparkNotes
WEBHamlet, in a fury, runs Claudius through with the poisoned sword and forces him to drink down the rest of the poisoned wine. Claudius dies crying out for help. Hamlet tells Horatio that he is dying and exchanges a last forgiveness with …
Shakespeare's Hamlet Act 5 Scene 2 - Good night sweet …
WEBExplanatory Notes for Act 5, Scene 2. From Hamlet, prince of Denmark.
Hamlet | Act 1, Scene 5 - myShakespeare
WEBThe ghost tells Hamlet that he is, in fact, the ghost of his dead father. And there’s more: the ghost claims that Claudius killed him, taking his throne and his wife in the process. He wants Hamlet to kill Claudius in revenge. Shocked, Hamlet agrees and vows to …
Laertes (Hamlet) - Wikipedia
WEBLaertes / l eɪ ˈ ɜːr t iː z / is a character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Laertes is the son of Polonius and the brother of Ophelia . In the final scene, he mortally stabs Hamlet with a poison-tipped sword to avenge the deaths of …
No Fear Shakespeare: Hamlet: Act 1 Scene 5 - SparkNotes
WEBGHOST. I am thy father’s spirit, 10 Doomed for a certain term to walk the night. And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature. Are burnt and purged away. But that I am forbid. To tell the secrets of my prison house, 15 I could a tale unfold whose lightest word.
Hamlet - Act 5, scene 2 | Folger Shakespeare Library
WEBJun 2, 2020 · Hamlet comes upon him kneeling and draws his sword, but then stops to think that if he kills Claudius at prayer, Claudius will go to heaven. Hamlet decides to kill Claudius when the king is committing a sin so that Claudius will instead go to hell.
Hamlet | Summary, Plot, & Characters | Britannica
WEB2 days ago · Hamlet dies of a wound inflicted by a sword that Claudius and Laertes have conspired to tip with poison; in the scuffle, Hamlet realizes what has happened and forces Laertes to exchange swords with him, so that Laertes too dies—as he admits, justly killed by his own treachery.
Hamlet: Full Play Summary - SparkNotes
WEBThe sword-fighting begins. Hamlet scores the first hit, but declines to drink from the king’s proffered goblet. Instead, Gertrude takes a drink from it and is swiftly killed by the poison. Laertes succeeds in wounding Hamlet, though Hamlet does …
Hamlet Act 5, Scene 2 Summary & Analysis - LitCharts
WEBAs the third round begins, Hamlet challenges Laertes to give it his all. The men are evenly matched—but Laertes at last lands a hit on Hamlet. Both men drop their swords—and pick up one another’s in the scuffle. As the fight resumes, Hamlet hits Laertes with Laertes’s poisoned sword.
Hamlet | Act 5, Scene 2 - myShakespeare
WEBWhen Claudius offers Hamlet the poisoned goblet of wine, Hamlet refuses, and Gertrude picks up the cup instead. Toasting Hamlet, she drinks the poison, ensuring her eventual death. Meanwhile, Laertes wounds Hamlet with the poisoned blade, and the two continue to scuffle, somehow switching swords in the process.