Month: October 2015

Orphelia is crazy with grief for her father’s death, and claudius gets worried that the murder will have serious consequences. Laertes demands retribution, and his distress is even more when he sees his sister.

Fortinbras is planning to attack Denmark, and Hamlet is thinking about whether he is not doing enough in his revenge. Fortinbras is planning to attack Denmark because at the beginning of the story, Hamlets father killed Fortinbras’ Father and Fortinbras is looking for revenge.

Hamlet is brought to the king and thyen tells Claudius where the body of Polonius is. After that Polonius gets very worried about Hamlet and tells him to leave to England as Claudius plots to kill him.

Hamlet refuses to tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern where he hid the body of Polonius, so that Claudius did not find out.

Claudius was expecting to hear about the outcome of his plot, which was to get Hamlet killed, but then learns instead that polonius is dead.

Polonius hid behind the curtains to overhear Hamlet’s conversation with his mother, waiting to kill him. Hamlet then confronts Gertrude about her guilt of marrying claudius.

The king planned to send Hamlet away from Denmark, and tries to ease his guilty conscience, giving Hamlet an opportunity to avenge his father.

Hamlet has a go at the actors on their art, but the performance of their play was interrupted by the king and after that hamlet is called to go see his mum. Hamlet told the actors to improve their performance, and not to add anything to the scene. The king interrupted the play because, it showed too much of a similarity of him killing his brother.

This scene opens with Claudius, the King, asking Rosencrantz and Guildenstern if they have discovered the cause of Hamlet’s madness. After admitting they did not find the cause, but were treated well by Hamlet, they inform the King and Queen that Hamlet is happy that there is going to be a play presented tomorrow and he hopes that Claudius and Gertrude will attend. Pleased that there is something that amuses Hamlet, they both decide to attend the play and they urge Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to try and stimulate his interest further.Claudius asks Gertrude to leave so that he and Polonius can observe a clandestine meeting they set up between Hamlet and Ophelia. They tell Ophelia to pretend she is praying and they go and hide. Hamlet enters and gives a soliloquy on his thoughts about himself committing suicide. He sees Ophelia, and when she tries to return some gifts that he had given her, he claims he never gave her any. They have a discussion wherein Hamlet denies ever loving Ophelia and berating her and women in general for their trickery and pretentiousness.When Hamlet leaves, Claudius and Polonius enter. Claudius is convinced that Hamlet’s madness does not stem from his love for Ophelia, but that it is something else that is afflicting his soul. Claudius realizes that Hamlet’s actions are a danger to those around him. He decides to send Hamlet to England, hoping a change of atmosphere will settle his heart. The scene ends with Claudius stating that Hamlet should be watched

As we find out later in the scene, apparently Hamlet has been following the plan he told Horatio about, putting on an ‘antic disposition.’The scene opens with Polonius sending Reynaldo to Wittenberg to give Laertes money. Although Reynaldo’s quest at first appears straightforward, Polonius also gives Reynaldo the added duty of spying on Laertes. Because Polonius is concerned for his family name, he wants to find out all about Laertes’ actions and goings-on.Even though Reynaldo intended to make some discreet inquires into Laertes’ actions, he is shocked when Polonius tells him to do whatever he can, short of dishonouring Laertes, to find out what Laertes is up to, including making up stories about incidents that didn’t happen. Even though Reynaldo doesn’t agree with Polonius’ way of gathering information, he gives in to Polonius’ request.

Ophelia enters as Reynaldo leaves and her father, seeing that she is distressed, asks her what is troubling her. Ophelia relates a strange encounter she has just had with Hamlet. He came to see her in complete disarray. His clothes were a mess and his appearance was pale and sickly. She goes on to say that Hamlet grabbed her hand and studied her at arms length. He didn’t say anything, but after a perusal of her face he shook his head three times and gave out a wail that was piteous and profound. He then dropped her arm and, without taking his eyes off Ophelia, walked out of the room.Polonius, thinking that Hamlet is still madly in love with Ophelia, believes his request for Ophelia to stop seeing Hamlet is the cause of his recent apparent madness. He tells Ophelia that they must report this incident to the King. They leave, after Polonius chastises himself for making what appears to be a wrong judgement regarding Hamlet’s true feelings for Ophelia