Hamlet Must Die

For act V ,I chose to pick when Claudius and Laertes are plan on how they are going to kill Hamlet and the many ways they wish to do it. I picked this one because it shows their hate against HAmlet and that even though one thing that they can do will kill him they decided that it isn't good enough for them because they want him to suffer.

“Hamlet Must Die”

In William Shakespeare’s (act IV, scene VII) when the king and Laertes are coming up with another way to kill Hamlet is important because it really does show how much hate they both have for him. They decided that they are going to have a backup plan to their idea of how to kill Hamlet. They will use a poison in a drink that they will give to Hamlet after her is tired from dueling with Laertes yet they will also have a sharpened blade with a poisoned tip just before they offer him the drink. This way something is bound to get him and that way they have a sure way to kill him because in anything that they due he will die from the poison. This is an important part in the act because it talk about how they want to kill him and how far they are willing to go to do so. They don’t want him to have any chance of being able to survive the attack that they have planned for him. For example when the king said “Let’s further think of this”, shows that he isn’t satisfied with being able to kill Hamlet only one way. He wants to have alternative ways so that once they do poison and stab him that they know for a fact that he will never walk away from it. It really shows what kind of character the king and Laertes are by showing just how much they want to hurt Hamlet.

In conclusion this is important because it really shows the true nature of some of the people that are around Hamlet. It shows that at any moment they were willing to poison hamlet and have him die like he was nothing. Because in their eyes Hamlet is nothing but someone who has or will ruin their lives.