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Could poison be a symbol of the theme of revenge in Hamlet?

April 26, 2017Arts hamlet Humanities Poison revenge symbol theme

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Could poison be a symbol of the theme of revenge in Hamlet?

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There’s no definite symbol for revenge in Hamlet. Only two characters were killed by poison, if I remember right (King Hamlet and Gertrude). The rest were either by rapier, drowning or beheading. You could get away with using poison as a symbol for revenge, but it’s not the only one. Revenge is more of a theme is Hamlet. -Kekoa Edit: Just remembered Laertes and Hamlet die from the same poisoned rapier.