Sammanfattning av Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7
Act 4, Scene 7 av 20 · 8 min att läsa scene
In Act 4, Scene 7, the King learns that Hamlet has returned and persuades Laertes to kill him during a fencing match, using a poisoned sword and a poisoned drink as backup. The Queen then reports Ophelia’s drowning, adding fresh grief to Laertes’s anger and making the King fear another outburst.
Vad händer
- The King explains that the Queen’s attachment to Hamlet and the people’s affection for him prevent public punishment.
- A messenger brings Hamlet’s letters, and the King reads that Hamlet returns alone and asks to appear before him tomorrow.
- The King uses praise of Laertes’s fencing and questions about his love for his father to encourage revenge.
- Laertes agrees to use a sharpened, poisoned sword, and the King adds a deadly drink as a backup.
- The Queen reports that Ophelia falls into a brook while hanging flowers and drowns after her soaked clothes pull her under.
- Laertes leaves in tears, and the King asks Gertrude to follow him because he fears renewed rage.

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The King encourages Laertes to abandon restraints on revenge. His words support a plot that disguises murder as a harmless contest.
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What backup does the King propose if Hamlet escapes the poisoned sword?
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“Sammanfattning av Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7.” Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/sv/pages/hamlet-act-4-scene-7-summary.
Library of Alexandria. (2026). Sammanfattning av Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7. https://libraryofalexandria.com/sv/pages/hamlet-act-4-scene-7-summary
“Sammanfattning av Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7.” Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/sv/pages/hamlet-act-4-scene-7-summary.
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