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Monday, November 17, 2014

Hamlet Act IV Scenes I, II, III

Scene I
  • 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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