As a dramatic climax unfolds Laertes and Hamlet are issued a fight or a duel between each over. The King has rigged the fight for Horatio to win and he has done this by lathering poison in Hamlets chalice and on the tip of Horatio’s sword. This backfires as The Queen drinks from Hamlet’s poisoned goblet and dies a slow and meaningless death. Hamlet is struck with the tip and has venom coursing through his bloodstream. They swap swords and by luck Horatio is also struck. They are both poisoned and Laertes declares that the King is guilty of murder and at this moment in time, Hamlet strikes his chance and impales the King. Hamlet is almost happy to die at the end of the play as his revenge had been fulfilled and his soul was almost at peace.