Who poisoned the sword in Hamlet?
Laertes
Who wins the first two hits in the sword contest between Hamlet and Laertes?
Hamlet wins the second hit as well, and Gertrude takes the cup and drinks from it, even though the king tells her not to do so. Meanwhile, Laertes notes that to strike Hamlet with a poisoned sword is against his conscience, but he enters the duel again.
What will Laertes put on his sword?
Laertes shares his own plan to dip his sword in a poison so lethal that a minor scratch will cause instant death. Claudius adds yet another safeguard: He will poison a goblet of wine for Hamlet to drink, so that even if Laertes fails to draw blood, Hamlet will die.
How do both Hamlet and Laertes end up struck by the poisoned sword?
Hamlet tells Laertes that it was his madness that killed Polonius, not him. Gertrude drinks the poisoned wine on accident and dies soon after. Laertes wounds Hamlet with the sword, causing a scuffle in which they accidentally switch swords. Hamlet then wounds Laertes with the poisoned sword.
What does Laertes realize before he dies?
The queen moans that the cup must have been poisoned, calls out to Hamlet, and dies. Laertes tells Hamlet that he, too, has been slain, by his own poisoned sword, and that the king is to blame both for the poison on the sword and for the poison in the cup. Claudius dies crying out for help.
Is killed by the poison on his opponent’s sword?
What happens to Hamlet? He is killed by the poison on his opponent’s sword. 31.
What do the soldiers guards want to tell about the ghost?
Who do the soldiers/guards want to tell about the ghost? They want to tell Hamlet. King Claudius is the new king of Denmark and he killed King Hamlet (Hamlet’s Papa). Queen Gertrude is Hamlet’s mother who had married Claudius after he husband passed.
What are the two things Hamlet swears to Horatio?
Hamlet swears Horatio to two things. What are they? It’s a bad sign for the country. Something bad is going to happen.
What news does Osric Hamlet?
What news does Osric bring to Hamlet? He says that the duel has been arranged and that Claudius has bet on Hamlet.
Why does Hamlet get upset with the Gravedigger?
Hamlet is upset with the gravedigger because the gravedigger does not seem to treat his task with the proper gravity. Hamlet asks Horatio, of the gravedigger, “Has this fellow no feeling of his business? He sings in grave-making” (5.1.
What does the gravedigger say about Hamlet?
The gravedigger tells Hamlet that he has been digging graves since the day Old King Hamlet defeated Old King Fortinbras, the very birthday of Prince Hamlet — “he that’s mad, and sent to England” — thirty years ago.