An Eye for an Eye in HamletClaudius is rightly punished for the murder of King Hamlet. The punishment matches the crime since his brother's son killed him. King Hamlet killed by brother killed by king's son. He was murdered. It was a reward, “what goes around comes around” “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth”. What these two quotes mainly say is that you get what you give. Claude took his brother's life, so his life was taken from him. Not only did Claudius kill his brother to marry his wife and take his throne, but he also caused the deaths of the Queen, King Hamlet, Polonius, and Ophelia. King Hamlet's ghost told Hamlet to take revenge on Claudius for his death. , or his soul will travel on earth forever. Even before Hamlet knew that Claudius had killed his father, he was in trouble. It made Hamlet mad that his mother was marrying so quickly and to his uncle. What Claudius did was an outrageous, stabbing, unbelievable thing. This was clearly an act of jealousy for his brother's throne and for his wife. Claudius paid for his actions. Claudius lost his wife, his messenger, and died and even after his death continued to lose because he lost his castle to Fortinbras. Not only was Claudius punished by Hamlet but “God” punished him as well. The reason God punished Claudius was because everyone he cared for and helped him died. Polonius and Queen Gertrude. Polonius was killed by Hamlet, although Hamlet thought he had killed the king. Claudius killed Queen Gertrude with the poisonous wail he had prepared for Hamlet. He killed the one he loved instead of the one he wanted to kill. Claude was even punished after his death. His throne and his entire castle were taken over by Fortinbras. Not only where his wife and friend died, but he also later died alongside his brother's son. Claudius killed and his turn to die came, but it took time and other people died too. Claudius was punished for the queen's death because even though he did not intentionally intend to kill her, he watched her drink the poison he had prepared for Hamlet. He knew she was going to die, but he didn't say anything because he was everything to him..