How does Hamlet have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern killed?

Although Hamlet does not kill Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with his own two hands, he engineers their deaths by substituting a letter they carry with an order for their executions.

Why does Hamlet have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern killed in his stead?

They had themselves to blame for getting involved in the dastardly plot to have him killed. Hamlet says that they had to face the consequences of their cowardly actions – for getting involved in a dispute between two such fierce and powerful rivals (he and Claudius).

Does Hamlet know Rosencrantz Guildenstern spies?

Claudius and Gertrude set Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two boyhood friends of Hamlet, to spy on him. When Hamlet himself enters, he is confronted first by Polonius and then by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, whom he quickly identifies as Claudius’s spies.

What happened to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Act 5?

Hamlet tells Horatio that he’s aware of Claudius’s plot. As it turns out, Hamlet had Claudius’s letters calling for the death of Hamlet altered so that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern would be killed upon their arrival in England. Toasting Hamlet, she drinks the poison, ensuring her eventual death.

Are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern killed?

When their ship is attacked by pirates, Hamlet returns to Denmark, leaving Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to die; he comments in Act V, Scene 2 that “They are not near my conscience; their defeat / Does by their own insinuation grow.” Ambassadors returning later report that “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead.”

How did Hamlet manage to escape from his trip to England?

Hamlet never gets to England. In Act 4, Scene 6, some Sailors hand-deliver a letter to Horatio in which Hamlet explains what has happened to him. His ship was attacked by a pirate ship. Hamlet may be said to have escaped death with the help of Horatio, since Hamlet appealed directly to him.

How does Hamlet know Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Cannot be trusted?

Hamlet realizes that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern cannot be trusted. What does he let them know in lines 389-390? He tells them that the king is using them as spies.