Who dies as a result of poisoning in the final scene of hamlet? select all that apply.

a. claudius
b. gertrude
c. hamlet
d. laertes

All of them

During the final scene of Hamlet, we find Hamlet and Laertes fighting in a duel. Hamlet is unaware of the fact that Laertes has poisoned his sword. Moreover, Claudius has poisoned a drink that Hamlet intends to drink.

The first one to die of poisoning is Gertrude, when she drinks from Hamlet's poisoned drink by accident. Knowing this will reveal the plot, Laertes injures Hamlet, and Hamlet defends himself by picking up the sword and wounding Laertes with his own sword. This means both characters have now been poisoned. Finally, Hamlet injures Claudius with the poisoned sword, and as he dies, also forces him to drink the poisoned drink.