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During the play, he makes a nuisance of himself, commenting on the action and teasing Ophelia with nasty  [[double-entendre]]s, but he gets confirmation of the ghost's accusation when the King sees a scene showing a man poisoned in his his sleep and clasping the widow in an adulterous embrace. The King orders them to stop the play and storms out.  

During the play, he makes a nuisance of himself, commenting on the action and teasing Ophelia with nasty  [[double-entendre]]s, but he gets confirmation of the ghost's accusation when the King sees a scene showing a man poisoned in his his sleep and clasping the widow in an adulterous embrace. The King orders them to stop the play and storms out.  

Hamlet confronts his mother (Queen Gertrude) in her bedroom, not knowing that the king's adviser Polonius is hidden behind a wall hanging. Hearing a movement, Hamlet kills Polonius (for spying on him) while he is hidden. Ophelia, already upset over the sudden end of the courtship, goes crazy after learning Hamlet has killed her father and drowns herself.

Hamlet confronts his mother (Queen Gertrude) in her bedroom, not knowing that the king's adviser Polonius is hidden behind a wall hanging. Hearing a movement, Hamlet kills the hidden spy; when he discovers that it is his girl friend's father, he makes jokes about it and hides the body in another part of the castle.  

Hamlet's only friend in the lengthy play, his schoolchum [[Horatio]], is the only major character who doesn't die. When Hamlet starts acting crazy (it might not be an act), he tells Horatio, "I am only mad north by northwest" and "There's a method to my madness".  

 

Hamlet's only friend in the lengthy play, his school chum [[Horatio]], is the only major character who doesn't die. When Hamlet starts acting crazy (it might not be an act), he tells Horatio, "I am only mad north by northwest" and "There's a method to my madness".  

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