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Claudius, in the play Hamlet, puts a poisoned pearl in a cup he plans on giving to Hamlet. He does this because he wants to kill Hamlet.

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What did Claudius drop in his drink as an added incentive for Hamlet to win the duel?

A pearl. "And in the cup an union shall he throw richer than that which four successive kings in Denmark's crown hath worn." It's called an onion, but it's value shows that it is in fact a pearl.


How does Gertrude die in Hamlet?

Gertrude accidentally drinks from the poisoned cup, which Polonius had intended for Hamlet to drink from during his duel with Laertes. (In some productions, Gertrude knows that the cup is poisoned and drinks it anyway, to atone for her involvement in her husband's murder, or to save her son's life, or both.)


How does Claudius kill King Hamlet and why?

Hamlet stabs Claudius with a poisoned sword, but only the tip is poisonous and it is dubious whether Laertes' poisoned tip cuts the king as King Claudius cries out for help claiming he is only hurt. Hamlet then holds him down and forces him to drink the last of the poisoned wine that had been intended for Hamlet, but his mother, the queen, drank it and died. Laertes says the king "is justly served; It is a poison temper'd by himself. [the king]" Implying Laertes' poison didn't kill Claudius, Claudius's poison killed himself, just as Laertes was slain by his own posion from the sword. So, Hamlet kills Claudius by making him drink a cup of poisoned wine that Claudius had intended for Hamlet.


Who dies from a poisened chalice in Hamlet?

Gertrude, Hamlet's mother, accidentally drinks the poison. This happened because she was giving a toast to Hamlet after winning the fencing match against Laertes but not knowing that Claudius intended to make Hamlet drink from that cup if the plant to poison him from fencing fails.


What is the union Claudius promises to put in the cup at line 210 and perhaps does not put into the cup until after line 225?

In Shakespeare's "Hamlet," the union Claudius refers to is likely the poison he plans to add to the cup intended for Hamlet during the duel with Laertes. This poison serves as a deadly trick to ensure Hamlet's demise, representing Claudius's deceit and treachery. It is suggested that Claudius may not put the poison in the cup until after line 225, highlighting his manipulative nature and the unfolding tension of the scene. This act underscores the play's themes of betrayal and revenge.


How do laertes claudious and Hamlet die in the end of Hamlet?

Laertes cuts Hamlet by his poisined sowrd, but Hamlet takes the sowrd and kills lartes by it after Laertes confesses that King Claudius wanted that to happen and he is also the one that poisined the cup (that Gurtrude drank from and died). Hamlet then rushes towards the king, making him drink from the poisined cup and by the poisined sowrd.


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Put poison in a cup of wine for him to drink when he gets hot from fighting


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