Monday, November 17, 2014

Act IV notes

Hamlet Act IV

-Gertrude frantically approaches Claudius to announce the news of Hamlets killing of Polonius 
-Claudius declares the immediate shipping off of Hamlet to England
-Claudius is going to sweep this under the rug, they're going to tell society it was advisable, he's not going to try Hamlet for his wrongdoing, Claudius will not try him beause he knows Hamlet knows his secret and will come after him if Claudius comes on to him
-hamlet finsihed doing away with the dead body of Polonius and then is approached by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern asking what he did with the body
-Hamlet tells the boys that they shouldn't believe that he could trust them because they're stupid and that they are a sponge, take in information and just absorb it but do not act from it, Hamlet declares he is a prince and that he should not waste his words on them 
-he says Polonius is buried by his dad but the "king" is not with Polonius (the ghost)
-Claudius says it's not the actions of the person that get judged it's whether they are favored by society is all that matters 
-he also says that this is the plan all along and that this is what Hamlet wanted to go to school, he just wants to look good to society and not sketchy 
-Hanlet tells Claudius that Polonius is being eaten by the worms, a smart ass sarcastic word play, Hamlet is really throwing stuff in Claudius face 
-Claudius having Hamlet sent to England to be killed 
-Hamlet declares that they are Claudius spies 

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