becomes a frequent event. Although many people lose their lives as a

result of their own self-centered wrong-doing, there are others whose

death are a result of manipulation from the royalty. This is the case

of Polonius' family. The real tragedy of Hamlet is not that of Hamlet

or his family but of Polonius' family because their deaths were not

the consequence of sinful actions of their own but rather by their

innocent involvement in the schemes of Claudius and Hamlet.

The first character to die in Hamlet is Polonius. Although

Polonius often acts in a deceitful manner when dealing with Hamlet, it

is only because he is carrying out plans devised by the king or queen

to discover the nature of Hamlet's madness. Being the king's Lord

Chamberlain, it is his duty to obey the king and queen's wishes and it

is this loyalty that eventually proves to be fatal for him. An example

of hoe Polonius' innocent involvement with the royalty results in his

death can be found at the beginning of Act III, scene iv, when Hamlet

stabs him while he is hiding behind the arras in Gertude's room. This

one of their schemes. This makes Polonius' death a tragedy.

kill Hamlet, asking him what will he do to prove his love for his

story are killed as well. In fact, the death of a character in Hamlet

interpretation and many believe that this is simply Hamlet taking one

the arras in the Queen's room. This event causes Ophelia to become

father's death or if he is just acting mournful without feeling

father in ActIV, scene vii. Hamlet comes back; what would you

an act, with reference to the moral climate of the 1600s, that would

but Ophelia is entirely manipulated and used by Hamlet and the king

has scared her, causing Polonius to draw the conclusion that Hamlet

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