How does the play Hamlet end?
Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. The play ends with a duel, during which the King, Queen, Hamlet’s opponent and Hamlet himself are all killed.
What does Hamlet decide at the end of this speech?
What does he decide to do at the end of his “O what a rogue and peasant slave am I” soliloquy? Hamlet decides to create a similar replay in the form of the play to make his uncle feel even more guilty and hopefully make him confess.
Why doesnt Hamlet kill Claudius when he sees him alone and undefended?
3, Lines 74–98: Why doesn’t Hamlet kill Claudius when he sees him alone and undefended? He wants Claudius to die damned for murder and go straight to hell to be punished for eternity. Claudius knows that because he isn’t willing to give up his throne or his wife, his prayer is futile.
What is Horatio asked to do at the end of the play?
He asks Horatio to watch Claudius carefully, just as he intends to do. He hopes that the king will somehow react out of guilt for what he sees, and he wants Horatio to observe the king and tell him later, after the play, what he thought.
Why has Marcellus ask Horatio to come?
Horatio thinks it can’t be a ghost because there are no such things as ghosts. Marcellus and Bernardo thinks there must be ghosts because they have seen one. Shakespeare wanted Horatio to report the visit of the ghost to Hamlet because Horatio is Hamlet’s confidant throughout the play, right up to the very end.
Why doesn’t Hamlet kill the king when he is kneeling?
Hamlet doesn’t kill the King when he is kneeling because he is praying to repent his sins. Hamlet believes that King Hamlet didn’t go to Heaven because he never repented for his sins. He wants to wait for the King to sin again before killing him so that Claudius will go to hell instead of heaven.
How do Hamlet and the Gravedigger view death differently?
5. How do Hamlet and the gravedigger view death differently? The gravediggers were arguing about whether or not she should be buried on church grounds and think that she is only being buried there because of her status. Hamlet believes that once someone is dead they are all the same.