- The only party that is being threatened consists of King Claudius and Queen Gertrude
- Hamlet's suspicions arise at max levels and the ones who know about the Senior Hamlet murder are all aware of each other
- The King wants to send Hamlet to England where he can send someone to do his dirty work by killing him there
- -Killing him there means that no one in Denmark would suspect the King of treasonous acts
- -If Hamlet were put on trial in Denmark, people would actually believe him
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are basically pawns playing on the wrong side of the playing field
- -have to abide by the king without losing their heads in the process
- It looks like the Queen goes along with the King, not thinking that Hamlet is her only son
- The King calls Hamlet a disease that won't go away
Scene II
- Hamlet finally acts as a prince for the first time
- He doesn't take orders from anyone of royal blood or guards in general
- Hamlet says that Polonius is with dead Senior Hamlet
- -the king is no one but an abstract idea
- Hamlet says "the son of a king" mentions his true authority
Scene III
- King Claudius says that he can do all the bad things and still become the top authority of the kingdom
- Hamlet is giving everyone in the room a hard time figuring out where the body is at
- In truth, Hamlet is tired of all the nonsense and suspects his demise soon
- Hamlet calls Claudius his mother in a sense that both of them committed a crime that is unforgivable to him
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