Could Hamlet Be the "Other Shakespeare?" (3)

The king's plan to do Hamlet in is thwarted, however.  The ship carrying Hamlet to England is attacked by pirates, and Hamlet manages to escape and return home.

The king concocts yet another plot.  Confronted by Polonius' wrathful son, Laertes, the king convinces him that the most viable avenue for his revenge is a rigged fencing exhibition with Hamlet.  The point of Laertes' sword will be unshielded, and dipped in poison.

The king ends up foiled another time.  In the scuffling and confusion of the fencing match, Hamlet and Laertes inadvertently exchange swords, and both of them end up fatally wounded.   Each speaks his piece;  they realize how they have been used;  and they forgive each other.   Then Hamlet wounds the king with the poisoned sword, and all three die.

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