Saturday, October 27, 2012

Hamlet Act IV Notes


Act IV

Scene I
·         Gertrude tells Claudius that Hamlet murdered Polonius
·         Claudius demands that Hamlet be sent to London
·         Claudius tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to get Hamlet for him

Scene II
·         Rosencrantz and Guildenstern retrieve Hamlet
·         Hamlet makes fun of everybody in the room

Scene III
·         Claudius demands Hamlet to tell him where the corpse of Polonius is
·         Hamlet cracks more jokes and avoids the question
·         Claudius sends Hamlet with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to London
·         He also makes arrangements for Hamlet to be killed upon arrival

Scene IV
·         On the way to England, they pass by the army of Prince Fortinbras
·         In a conflict, Hamlet asks what the fight is over
·         Several dialogues later, it is revealed that the conflict is over a small piece of land
·         Fortinbras also says that it is vengeance over the man who killed his father
·         Hamlet follows Fortinbras’s example and carry out his revenge plan

Scene V
·         Ophelia, in the meantime, has gone mad
·         She sings songs, dances, and talks nonsense about the death of her father
·         Laertes shows up since a couple weeks ago his father was murdered
·         Ophelia hands out flowers and leaves the room
·         Laertes is furious about his father’s death

Scene VI
·         Horatio bumps into some sailors carrying a letter that is ,apparently, addressed to him
·         It reads that Hamlet has escaped and is heading back to the palace

Scene VII
·         Claudius finds out that Hamlet is alive and coming home
·         Laertes feels that he has to avenge his father’s death and kill Hamlet
·         They plan and plan and plan
·         They come up with plans and backup plans if the first ones fail, All to kill Hamlet
·         Gertrude then runs in and explains that Ophelia had drown in a stream

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