They have all but sealed their villainy with a notarized contract when Gertrude appears. Laertes is more than happy to do his part. Gathering himself, Claudius cooks up a scheme whereby his nephew’s murder will be accounted an accident. Claudius is flummoxed but Laertes is grimly pleased as he would like nothing better than to personally see to Hamlet’s reckoning. The letter is from Hamlet who writes that he has returned to Denmark all alone the inexplicability of which he will explain when face to face. (The pirates have spared Hamlet's life.) The letters delivered, as fast as he can, with the sailors as his guide, Horatio is to rendezvous with Hamlet.Ĭlaudius has swayed Laertes to believe that Hamlet is their mutual enemy when a letter arrives. Apparently, while at sea, Hamlet had been taken captive by pirates for whom Hamlet is to do a good turn. As per the letter, Horatio is to take the sailors to the king to whom they will deliver letters from Hamlet. Sailors arrive to deliver Horatio a letter. Her madness devastates Laertes, rendering him pliable to Claudius’ machinations.Īdditional character(s): 1st Sailor-one of the sailors commisioned by Hamlet to fetch Horatio Claudius confronts Laertes and tries to reason with him when Ophelia reappears. Laertes vows that his father’s ignoble death will be avenged one way or the other. Laertes storms into the castle and demands retribution. As she leaves, closely attended by Horatio, the royal couple reflect on the sadness of it all when there is a great uproar. The king and queen conclude that, overcome by grief at her father’s death, Ophelia has succumbed to madness. As Horatio had reported, with great concern, Ophelia’s mind is in a state of wild flux. They part amicably and Hamlet is left to wonder, ‘How is it that I-whose cause is great-fail to act, while an entire army would willingly go to its death for a trifle and an illusion?’Īt Horatio’s entreaty, Ophelia is permitted to appear before the queen. The captain’s reply is tinged with chagrin as he explains the foolishness of the enterprise that the army, of which he is a part, is engaged in. Moreover, they encounter the captain to whom Hamlet directs an inquiry as to the purpose of the Norwegian army. Meanwhile, Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who are presumably on their way to the board a ship on the Danish coast, espy the Norwegian army in the distant.
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He dispatches a captain to apprise the Danes of his presence and to secure free passage through Denmark as previously agreed upon. Hamlet complies and they part, suspecting the worst of one another.Īdditional character(s): Fortinbras-nephew to the king of Norway Captain-an officer of the Fortinbras-led Norwegian armyįortinbras is leading his Norwegian army to Poland via Denmark. Not finding any of this funny, the king informs Hamlet that he is to leave for England-and at once. Hamlet replies with a riddle and as the riddle is elaborated and embellished upon it yields the location of the corpse.
Hamlet is brought before the king and is directly questioned as to the whereabouts of Polonius’ corpse. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern persist, however, informing the prince that the king requires his immediate presence. Hamlet is offended that he, the son of a king, the next in line to Denmark’s throne, must answer to the king’s servants whose groveling ways he cannot abide. Having found Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern demand the whereabouts of Polonius’ dead body. Claudius assures Gertrude that the matter will be handled delicately and with tact, sparing the royal house of any slander that may come its way. He immediately commissions Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to find Hamlet, to be gentle with him, and to recover Polonius’ corpse. Speaking with Gertrude, Claudius discovers the extent of Hamlet’s deeds.
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