Polonius was a meddling fool and that's what happens to meddling fools.
Hamlet is telling his mother to stop having sex with Claudius.
The king is now firmly set on the path of evil. He wants Hamlet dead.
Laertes does what Hamlet cannot do. He immediately agrees to go into battle with Hamlet and kill him. He has the resolve that Hamlet lacks.
"that drop of blood that's calm proclaims me bastard" in other words, he's not my father, i'm not his son, and my mother is a whore if I am calm.
Laertes gives his allegiance to hell. Makes vows to the devil and conscience and grace he buries them. He says he is tempting fate. He does not care about the consequences in this life or the next. He just wants to avenge his father.
From a Christian perspective Hamlet is noble because he wrestles with his conscience, he has a sense of right and wrong, and he finds it difficult to make his allegiance to hell.
act 4 scene 7, claudius plays the role of the ghost as the ghost was to hamlet.
King asks Laertes if you are a painting of sorrow, does your appearance match reality?
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