1) Classwork - In groups of no more that four, take parts and read the Hamlet, Act III aloud. We already read much of it together, so you should be experimenting with voice movement and block (staging). On your feet! Read the text as many times as you can to master the lines and explore the mysteries.
2) Homework - Compose a comprehensive blog response using the study questions in your response. Answer at least one question from each scene, along with one of the review questions. In short, ANSWER FIVE OF THE QUESTIONS BELOW. Use direct quotations from the text. I look forward to your responses.
Study Questions for Act III
Scene 1 - According to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, how has Hamlet received their inquiries?
- Describe Polonius’ and Claudius’ plan.
- Identify and explain one of the metaphors Hamlet uses in his famous “To be or not to be” soliloquy.
- According to Hamlet, why don’t men kill themselves?
- What does Hamlet mean when he says, “Those that are married already/all but one shall live”?
- Where does Claudius want to send Hamlet and why?
- Explain the irony in Claudius’ line: “Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.”
- What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do during the “play?”
- If Claudius reveals no guilt, what conclusion will Hamlet make?
- How does Hamlet treat Ophelia before the “play” begins?
- What correction does Ophelia make when Hamlet speaks of his father’s death?
- What does Gertrude mean when she says: “The lady doth protest too much” and why would Hamlet think this is significant?
- What does Hamlet call the “play?”
- How does Claudius react to the play?
- What is Hamlet’s reaction to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s questions?
- Why does Hamlet say, “I will speak daggers to her, but use none.”
- What is Polonius’ plan now?
- Name the allusion in Claudius’ soliloquy.
- What does Claudius reveal about himself in his soliloquy?
- Why can’t Claudius ask for forgiveness?
- Why doesn’t Hamlet kill Claudius?
- How does Hamlet treat his mother?
- Who does Hamlet think is behind the curtain?
- What does the ghost remind Hamlet about?
- Hamlet gives Gertrude some specific advice—what is it?
- Explain the pun in Hamlet’s last line, “This man shall set me packing.”
- Has Hamlet reached the point of no return? Why?
- King Claudius has resolved to do what (besides send Hamlet to England)? What does this reveal about his character?
John Marshall
ReplyDeleteSCENE 1
3) "For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil" - Hamlet is at a crossroads with life and death and is really uncertain whether death is the right option because of the uncertainty of the dreams he'll have their. The 'mortal coil' is used to describe death its monotony.
6) Claudius wants to send Hamlet to England because he is afraid Hamlet is more than just in love with Ophelia and actually wants to kill his uncle.
"And I do doubt the hatch and the disclose
Will be some danger: which for to prevent,
I have in quick determination
Thus set it down: he shall with speed to England"
SCENE 2
1) Hamlet asks Horatio to spy on his uncle while the scene of his uncle killing his father plays out.
"One scene of it comes near the circumstance
Which I have told thee of my father's death:
I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
Even with the very comment of thy soul
Observe mine uncle"
7) Claudius acts very frightened, making the reader almost certain now that he killed his brother. He exclaims "Give me some light: away!" as he storms out of the theater, shocking everyone else in attendance.
SCENE 4
2) Hamlet suspects there to be a rat behind the curtain but it is merely Polonius whom he stabs in the heart.
HAMLET
[Drawing] How now! a rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead!
Makes a pass through the arras
LORD POLONIUS
[Behind] O, I am slain!
Falls and dies
SCENE 3
Delete5) Hamlet doesn't kill Claudius because he believes he's praying. If one is praying when they are killed, they forgiveness will allow them to be sent to heaven so Hamlet backs off, not wanting to let the man that killed his father to be sent to heaven while his father walks through purgatory.
"And how his audit stands who knows save heaven?
But in our circumstance and course of thought,
'Tis heavy with him: and am I then revenged,
To take him in the purging of his soul,
When he is fit and season'd for his passage?
No!"
REVIEW
1) I think Hamlet has reached the point of no return. Everyone around him is starting to think he's a little more than crazy and are actually starting to think that he will bring harm upon King Claudius. This is evident with King Claudius wanting to send Hamlet to England so he can't harm the King. Hamlet has committed so much of his mind and time preparing this investigation on if his uncle actually killed his father.
"And I do doubt the hatch and the disclose
Will be some danger: which for to prevent,
I have in quick determination
Thus set it down: he shall with speed to England"
John Marshall Continued
DeleteExplain the irony in Claudius’ line: “Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.” The irony in this line is that when saying this he could be talking to himself, Claudius killed his brother so he could take the throne clearly making Cladius “mad” and he is saying that madness in positions of power are dangerous.
ReplyDeleteWhat does Hamlet call the “play?”
Hamlet calls this play, “mousetrap” he uses this title as the play itself is bait for his uncle to prove to Hamlet that he actually did kill his father. This is significant because it demonstrates to you how Hamlet is blatantly re-acting his fathers murder.
What does Claudius reveal about himself in his soliloquy?
Cladius admits that he commited the murder to the audience in his soliloquy, it shows that Claudius actually feels guilt even though he is viewed as a bad/evil character.
Explain the pun in Hamlet’s last line, “This man shall set me packing.”
The pun is in the, “packing” as Hamlet has just killed a man and needs to flee the city, but by saying this in such a calm way after killing someone makes it a pun.
Has Hamlet reached the point of no return? Why?
I feel you could make the argument that Hamlet has reached the point of no return at this point in the play, this is mainly because he has just killed someone. More importantly he killed Polonius which leads to Opheilia dying and putting Hamlet in much sadness, which makes me feel Hamlet's mental state is definitely not in the best place
- Sean Healey
Describe Polonius’ and Claudius’ plan.
ReplyDeleteTHere plan was to spy on Hamlet to see his confrontation with ophelia. Hamlet begins to debate whether or not to commit suicide “To be or not to be—that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troublesAnd, by opposing, end them.” Then ophelia walks in and asks for his love but hamlet gets angry and denies. Claudius sees Hamlet was not speaking like someone insane and he wasn't upset over a girl so he sends him to England.
Where does Claudius want to send Hamlet and why?
He wants to send Hamlet to England because he realized he knows about his murder. “O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven;It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't,A brother's murder.” But at first he just wanted to send him there to release his anger and a change of scenery in hoes he will change.
If Claudius reveals no guilt, what conclusion will Hamlet make?
If he shows no guilt Hamlet will come to the conclusion that he didn't do it. He says to Horatio to watch him during the scene to see his guilt and to basically find his “proof” that he killed his father.
Why can’t Claudius ask for forgiveness?
He says he can ask for forgiveness since “O, my offence is ranked, it smells to heaven;
It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't,
A brother's murder.” and since he isn't willing to give up what he has gotten for the sin. He basically isn't willing to give up king just for forgiveness.\
How does Hamlet treat his mother?
At first the queen comes at him angry and says he upset the king, Then Hamlet is much more angry and says she upset the king by Marrying Claudius. Then Polonius gets scared and screams Hamlet thinks it's the king and stabs through the curtain killing him.
Has Hamlet reached the point of no return? Why?
I think it is to far to return for Hamlet. He has killed someone and everyone has seen his dark side even his mother and noone will see him as the same.
According to Hamlet why don't men kill themselves?
ReplyDeleteMen don't kill themselves because they don't know what's after death. They don't leave their problems with the possibility of more to come.
"For fear of something after death"
What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do during the “play”?
He asks Horatio to watch the king and his reaction when the actors reenact what happened when he killed his brother
There is a play to-night before the king;
One scene of it comes near the circumstance
Which I have told thee of my father's death:
I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
Even with the very comment of thy soul
Observe mine uncle: if his occulted guilt
Do not itself unkennel in one speech,
It is a damned ghost that we have seen,
And my imaginations are as foul
As Vulcan's stithy. Give him heedful note;
For I mine eyes will rivet to his face,
And after we will both our judgments join
In censure of his seeming.
Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius?
First he didn't know if his uncle actually killed his father, then he didn't know if he could trust the ghost and then caught him praying and thought he will still go to heaven if he's killed praying.
And now I’ll do’t. And so ‘a goes to heaven;
And so I am revenged. That would be scanned:
A villain kills my father, and for that I, his sole son
Do this same villain to heaven.
Who does Hamlet think is behind the curtain?
He thinks that the king is behind the curtain but he ended up stabbing innocent Polonius. “Nay, I know not: / Is it the king?”
Has Hamlet reached the point of no return?
I think you can easily say that he has reached a point of no return because because he is already is not mentally ok because of his father's death, his uncle marrying his mother then seeing the ghost and ophelia breaking up with him and he had killed innocent Polonius. I don't think he can handle much more and he went too far by murdering someone.. I don't he will be able to come back from that
Paige B
Scene 1: One metaphor in “To be or not to be” soliloquy involves the use of death as sleep. Hamlet repeats multiple times “To die: To sleep; / No more;” throughout this soliloquy. The intent of the use of these lines is due to sleep resting our mind and body temporarily from pain and worry, however, death does that for eternity.
ReplyDeleteScene 2: Hamlet asks Horatio to watch Claudius as he has added some lines to the play which will hopefully get a confession out of him. Hamlet has great hopes that he will react out of guilt. He wants Horatio to watch him to see how he will react to the new additional lines.
“There is a play to-night before the king;
One scene of it comes near the circumstance
Which I have told thee of my father's death:
I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
Even with the very comment of thy soul
Observe mine uncle: if his occulted guilt
Do not itself unkennel in one speech,
It is a damned ghost that we have seen,
And my imaginations are as foul
As Vulcan's stithy. Give him heedful note;
For I mine eyes will rivet to his face,
And after we will both our judgments join
In censure of his seeming.”
Scene 3: In this scene, Polonius informs the King that Hamlet is coming to Gertrude. Polonius plans on hiding and listening on their conversation as he has promised Claudius he would inform him on what happens.
Pol: “My lord, he’s going to his mother’s closet.
Behind the arras I’ll convey myself,
to hear the process. I’ll warrant she’ll tax him home.
And, as you said, and wisely was it said,
Tis meet that some more audience than a mother,
Since nature makes them partial, should o’erhear
The speech, of vantage. Fare you well, my liege.
I’ll call upon you ere you go to bed,
And tell you what I know.”
Scene 4: Hamlet treats his mother with disrespect but with good reason. His mother brings him in and questions why Hamlet has been disrespectful to his step father Claudius.
“Queen: Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.
Ham: Mother, you have my father much offended.
Queen: Come, come, you answer with an idle tongue.
Ham: Go, go, you question with a wicked tongue.”
Review question: I personally think Hamlet has reached the point of no return due to his current mental status in the later scenes. In act 3 scene 4, Hamlet kills what he thinks is the king in desire to seek revenge for him killing his father. However, he soon discovers what he thought was the king was Polonius. At this point in the play, Hamlet has become very consumed by the mental disruption the king has on him, he now can not clearly think.
“Hamlet: How now, a rat? Dead for a ducat, dead!
(stabs his sword through the arras and kills Polonius)
Polonius: (from behind the arras) Oh, I am slain.
Gertrude: O me, what hast thou done?
Hamlet: Nay, I know not. Is it the king?
Gertrude: Oh, what a rash and bloody deed is this!
Hamlet: A bloody deed? Almost as bad, good mother,
As kill a king and marry with his brother.
Gertrude: As kill a king?
Hamlet: Ay, lady, ’twas my word”
- Adriana DeSantis
Kate Lyons
ReplyDeleteScene 1:
Describe Polonius’ and Claudius’ plan:
They plan to spy on Hamlet and watch him speak with Ophelia. They listen to his “to be or not to be” and his thoughts on his life and him thinking about suicide. “To be or not to be—that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troublesAnd, by opposing, end them.” Ophelia wants Hamlets love, but she just makes Hamlet mad and he denies her request.
Scene 2:
What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do during the “play?”
Hamlet asks Horatio to watch Claudius during the play, hoping his step dad will realize that someone knows what he did and he will begin to feel guilty for his actions.
"One scene of it comes near the circumstance
Which I have told thee of my father's death:
I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
Even with the very comment of thy soul
Observe mine uncle"
Scene 3:
Why doesn’t Hamlet kill Claudius?
Hamlet doesn't kill Claudius because he thinks that Claudius is praying in the church. If he is killed while he is praying, he will go right to heaven and not have to suffer in hell like he deserves after the pain he has put Hamlet through.
Scene 4:
Who does Hamlet think is behind the curtain?
Hamlet thinks that there is a rat behind the curtain, but he is mistaken, it is Polonius and he stabs him in the heart, killing him instantly.
“LORD POLONIUS
[Behind] What, ho! help, help, help!
HAMLET
[Drawing] How now! a rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead!
Makes a pass through the arras
LORD POLONIUS
[Behind] O, I am slain!
Falls and dies
QUEEN GERTRUDE
O me, what hast thou done?
HAMLET
Nay, I know not:
Is it the king?
Review:
Has Hamlet reached the part of no return? Why?
point of no return is when Hamlet kills Polonius mistakenly and Hamlet's mother agrees to keep his secret of this murder once Hamlet leaves for England. He now can never prove that his uncle killed his father because he himself is a murderer.
“QUEEN GERTRUDE
Be thou assured, if words be made of breath,
And breath of life, I have no life to breathe
What thou hast said to me.
HAMLET
I must to England; you know that?
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Alack,
I had forgot: 'tis so concluded on.”
Claudius wants to send hamlet on a vacation to england because he knows that Hamlet is mad at him so he thinks if he sends him off somewhere else for a long period of time in england he thinks that he won't care anymore. In scene one, his uncle says “Hamlet, I care for you just as much as I grieve for Polonius. For your own protection, I must send you to England at once. So get ready to leave. The ship is set to sail, the wind is favorable, your servants are waiting for you—everything is ready for you to go to England”.
ReplyDeleteHamlet calls the play The mousetrap. The play creates suspense by providing a way for Hamlet to know if the Ghost is telling the truth about King Hamlet's death. Thus, as Hamlet waits to see Claudius's reaction, so does the audience. When Hamlet explains why its called that, he says “It’s a metaphor. This play is about a murder committed in Vienna. Gonzago is the duke’s name, and his wife is Baptista. You’ll see soon enough. It’s a piece of garbage, but who cares? You and I have free souls, so it doesn’t concern us. Let the guilty wince. We can watch without being bothered”.
Claudius knows he can't expect forgiveness for killing Hamlet's father because he is not sorry he did it. He is glad he did it. He loves being king and he loves being married to Gertrude. However, he is filled with "black" fears about what will happen to him after he dies. When Claudius is unable to play, he says “My words fly up, my thoughts remain below”.
At this point in the story, I think Hamlet does not have hatred toward her mother, I think he is overaged about how she decided to marry the man that killed Hamlet's father and her husband. So throughout the scene, he treats her kind of poorly and does not talk pleasantly towards her. For example, when Hamlet is talking to her mother before the play, he shouts out “Mother, you have my father much offended”. Meaning that Hamlets probably feels offended that her wife married the guy who killed him in his sleep.
I think Hamlet has reached the point of no return at this point in the play because he just killed someone. He also killed Polonius which leads to Opheilia dying and Hamlet sort of becomes depressed because the death of ophelia.
Scene 1 : The most popular metaphor in Hamlet's “To be or not to be” speech is the comparison of sleeping to death. Hamlet is very upset at how quickly the kingdom, and most importantly his mother, had forgotten about the last King, his father, King Hamlet. This makes him feel very lonely as his mom married his uncle almost immediately, and this loneliness and anger is making him debate the idea of suicide. In this soliloquy he states in one of the first lines, “To die—to sleep, No more; and by a sleep to say we end.” Death he directly pairs with sleeping and then says that by “sleeping”, it is an end. He is clearly upset at life, but also nervous to kill himself as he goes back and forth.
ReplyDeleteScene 2 : During the play that Hamlet set up, he asks Horatio to closely watch the face of King Cladius. The show is a re-creation of King Hamlet’s death, the exact way the ghost told Hamlet. He is putting this on to see if Cladius’s facial expressions show signs of nervousness or guilt. He says to Horatio, “There is a play to-night before the king; One scene of it comes near the circumstance, which I have told thee of my father's death: I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot, Even with the very comment of thy soul Observe mine uncle: if his occulted guilt. Do not itself unkennel in one speech, It is a damned ghost that we have seen, And my imaginations are as foul As Vulcan's stithy. Give him heedful note; For I mine eyes will rivet to his face, And after we will both our judgments join In censure of his seeming.” Hamlet hopes that this plan will help prove his uncle’s murder because they have no real evidence of him doing so.
Scene 3 : In the church, Cladius expresses the great amount of guilt built up in him from killing King Hamlet. He is debating on asking God for forgiveness for his wrong doings when Hamlet sneakily enters the church; however when presented with the perfect opportunity to finally avenge his father’s death, he quietly says, "And so he goes to heaven. And so am I revenged.—That would be scanned. A villain kills my father, and, for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send To heaven. Oh, this is hire and salary, not revenge”. Hamlet thinks that if he murders him while he is praying, his soul will go straight to heaven. He wants Claudius to suffer for what he did so he decides to wait for a time where Cladius is either drinking or gambling to strike.
Scene 4 : Hamlet is in the middle of an angry outlash against his mother when the ghost of King Hamlet appears. Hamlet then speaks to his deceased father, but Gertrude thinks he is mad because she can’t see or hear the apparition at all. King Hamlet reminds Hamlet that Cladius still needs to be slain, “This visitation Is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose.” After the ghost disappears, Hamlet then convinces his mother that he isn’t going crazy and she then agrees not to tell Cladius about their whole intervention.
Overview: Overall, I think that Hamlet has reached the point of no return. To start, he not only shared with the kingdom how his father died but let Cladius and his mother Gertrude know that he understood how King Hamlet died. While in an angry rant towards his mother, he then kills Polonius because he thought that King Claudius was lurking behind the curtains. Then after doing so, he felt no remorse towards killing Polonius at all. Hamlet has shown his anger to the world and that he is not afraid to kill. Anger has consumed him and he is no longer the man he used to be.
- Michael Long
Scene 1
ReplyDeleteDescribe Polonius’ and Claudius’ plan:
Gertrude and Claudius decided that they will see the play that night. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern leave, and Claudius orders Gertrude to leave also, saying that he and Polonius will keep an eye on Hamlet's showdown with Ophelia. Gertrude leaves, and Polonius coordinates Ophelia to stroll around the lobby. Polonius hears Hamlet coming, and he and the king hide. He proclaims that he will send Hamlet to England, with the expectation that a difference in scenery may enable him to get over his issues. Polonius agrees this is a smart thought, however despite everything he accepts that Hamlet's agitation comes from his admiration of Ophelia. He asks Claudius to send Hamlet to Gertrude’s chamber after the play, where Polonius can hide again and watch. Claudius agrees, saying that “madness in great ones” must be carefully watched (III.i.187).
Scene 2
What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do during the “play”?
Hamlet asks Horatio to watch the king and observe his reaction when the actors show what actually happened when he killed his brother. "“There is a play to-night before the king;
One scene of it comes near the circumstance
Which I have told thee of my father's death"
Scene 3
Why doesn’t Hamlet kill Claudius?
Hamlet thinks Claudius is praying in the church. If he is killed while he is praying, he will go to heaven and not have to suffer in hell. He doesn’t want to kill Claudius because he doesn’t feel as angry or determined to act as he thinks he should.
Scene 4
Who does Hamlet think is behind the curtain?
Hamlet suspects that Claudius may be behind the arras. He draws his sword and stabs it through the tapestry, killing the unseen Polonius.
Has Hamlet reached the point of no return?
I believe Hamlet has almost reached the point of no return. He accidentally kills polonius, then felt no remorse. This then led to Opheilia dying and Hamlet becoming depressed because the death.
Scene 1
ReplyDelete5) When Hamlet says this in the play he is currently letting off all his steam on to Ophelia, which isn't necessarily fair.“Those that are married already/all but one shall live”. He says this out of anger of his mother's and uncle's marriage and the split between his love. Hamlet is so upset that he feels not just that this married couple should die but that there should no longer be anymore marriages.
6) Claudius ,the new king and Hamlet's uncle, wants to send Hamlet to England to get away and have a vacation. He suggests possibly putting him on a boat and relaxing out in the sea to change his scenery that way he will feel better.
Scene 2
1) Hamlet asks Horatio to keep an eye on king Claudius and see how he reacts to the play that will reenact the murder of King Hamlet.
3) Before the play Hamlet behaves in a dirty and inappropriate way with Ophelia. He asks if he can lay his head between her legs Ophelia is so puzzled by the way he is acting.
Scene 3
3) In his soliloquy Claudius confesses that he murdered his brother, Hamlet's father. Even though you can tell that Claudius does not repent this his morals stretch enough that he is able to realize what he has done.
4) Claudius can't ask for forgiveness because he is not sorry for what he did. He wanted to become King and marry Gertrude.
Scene 4
1) Hamlet treats his mother in a resentful and casual insulting way. In the play Hamlet fits in insults towards his mother into conversations that make it seem like he is just talking with her. He also avoids being with her like when he refused to sit with her during the play.
Scene 1
ReplyDeleteDescribe Polonius’ and Claudius’ plan.
Polonius and Cladius come up with a large plan to ultimately spy on Hamlet and get answers on why he goes crazy when Ophelia is around. After Hamlets speech into the one way mirror, Claudius and Polonius come up with the idea to send Hamlet to England in hopes that a change in scenery will revert Hamlet back to normal.
According to Hamlet, why don’t men kill themselves?
According to Hamlet, men don't kill themselves simply because they are afraid of the afterlife and what will happen, as Hamlet said, "For fear of something after death".
Scene 2
What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do during the “play?”
Hamlet asks Horatio to carefully examine the King throughout the entire play, to see if the King react with guilt or anything that will show that the play was accurate. He asks Horatio to later report it back to him after the play.
Scene 3
Why doesn’t Hamlet kill Claudius?
Hamlet does not kill Claudius because when he had the chance, Claudius was praying. This caused Hamlet to hesitate because after praying is when the soul would be most pure, and if he were to be kill right then, he would be sent to heaven, but Hamlet wants him to go to hell.
Scene 4
How does Hamlet treat his mother?
Hamlet treats his mother pretty badly but only because he wants her to realize the wrong that she has done. He felt betrayed by his mother when she married his uncle because she is disrespecting his dead father. He wants her to realize the wrong that she has done to the family.
- Nolan Brezinski
Sophia Moheban
ReplyDeleteIdentify and explain one of the metaphors Hamlet uses in his famous “To be or not to be” soliloquy.
At the end of the soliloquy Hamlet talks about "the undiscovered country." He is talking about death and the afterlife. What happens after death is like a new country for each person who dies because no one who dies can come back and tell us what this "new country" is like and we can only discover it for ourselves.
What does Hamlet call the “play?”
Claudius asks Hamlet for the plays title, and Hamlet replies with “The Mousetrap”. He says that the play presents the true story of a murder carried out in Vienna. He explains the action of the play, and Ophelia congratulates Hamlet for his storytelling skills.
Why doesn’t Hamlet kill Claudius?
Hamlet hesitates to kill Claudius because he believes that Claudius is praying. If he were to be killed right after praying, when his soul is at its most pure, Claudius would go directly to heaven—and Hamlet wants to be sure he sends him to hell.
What does the ghost remind Hamlet about?
The ghost shows that it has come to remind Hamlet of his purpose, that Hamlet has not yet killed Claudius and must achieve his revenge. ... He urges her not to reveal to Claudius that his madness has been an act.
Scene 1
ReplyDelete6) Claudius wants to send Hamlet to England because he found out that he added those to the play and knows about his secret. He also wants to send him away because of his situation Ophelia.
Scene 2
6) Hamlet calls the play “Mouse Trap” with his uncle being the rat in the situation and the play being the trap. He did this to bait a reaction from his uncle in order to prove that his uncle really did kill his father.
Scene 3
5) He sees Claudius “praying” and knows that if you’re killed while praying you are sent to heaven because your sins are forgiven at that very moment. For that reason, he doesn’t kill him because he wants him to go to hell or purgatory.
Hamlet:
When he is fit and season'd for his passage?
No!"
Scene 4
1) Hamlet is rude and sarcastic when speaking to his mother getrude. He tries to help her see the wrong in marrying her brother in law. He also felt like she was moving on too fast only mourning at her husband’s funeral.
Review
1) Yes, Hamlet has reached the point of no return. He has gone completely mad and everyone around him can see it. The play was enough for them to know that he thinks his father was murdered by King Claudius. They know he’s plotting against King Claudius and for that reason, they want to send him away.