Hamlet duels with Laertes, Polonius’s son, who
Romeo and Juliet seeks revenge for his father’s and sister’s deaths.
Claudius and Laertes have conspired to kill Hamlet by deceit. But their plot descends into chaos: Gertrude drinks the poison intended for Hamlet, and Laertes, Claudius and Hamlet are all fatally wounded by the poisoned sword.
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