Hamlet Act IV
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- Scene 1
- "To draw apart the body he hath killed,O'er whom his very madness, like some oreAmong a mineral metals base,Show itself pure: he weeps for what is done"
- "O Gertrude, come away!The sun no sooner shall the mountains touchBut we will ship him hence; and this vile deedWe must with all our majesty and skillBoth countenance and excuse."
- Scene 2
- Scene 3
- As soon as Hamlet leaves the scene dragging Polonius’s body, Gertrude informs Claudius of what has happened and he realizes he could have easily been killed. However, Claudius is more interested in where Hamlet has gone and orders Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to find Hamlet and recover the body and get rid of it.
- Scene 4
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern question Hamlet about where he has hidden the body. When they ask Hamlet where he has stashed the body, Hamlet refuses to reveal the location and taunts and mocks the two for abiding by the King’s order so blindly.
- Scene 5
- "And will he not come again?And will he not come again? No, no, he is dead.Go to thy deathbedHe never will come again."
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern bring Hamlet to Claudius to reveal where he has put Polonius’s corpse, but he still refuses to answer him directly. He insults him but ends up sounding like nonsense, and then ultimately drops hints of the body’s whereabouts. After Claudius sends his people to retrieve the body, he informs Hamlet that he is to leave at once for England. Once Hamlet leaves, Claudius reveals his plan; as soon as Hamlet arrives in England, he’ll be put to death by the English court.
- Scene 6
- "There's a letter for you, sir. It came from th' ambassador that was bound for England-if your name be Horatio, as i am let to know it is."
- Fortinbras reaches Elsinore with his army, and instructs his captain to enter the castle, greet the Danish King and remind him of the permission he granted Fortinbras. Hamlet sees the Norwegian Army and asks what they’re doing and the Captain informs him that the army is marching into Poland. Hamlet reflects alone on how Fortinbras's army has ignited his resolve to pursue his delayed vengeance.
- Hello King, Fortinbras has sent me the captain, to remind you of our agreement of you granting us permission to march through your territory.
- Reports reach Gertrude, the Queen that Ophelia is mad. Ophelia enters singing about death and unrequited love. These songs are meant to represent her grief that her father has been murdered and her heartbreak over Hamlet. After Ophelia has gone, Claudius agonizes over her madness and over the stir created by the return of an angry Laertes. When Laertes breaks in on Claudius and Gertrude, Claudius asserts his innocence with regard to Polonius’s death. The reappearance of the mad Ophelia is devastating to Laertes.
- A letter is delivered to Horatio by two sailors, from Hamlet informing him of what has occurred to him since he set sail from Denmark. His ship was attacked by pirates and in the end was saved by them. Instead of the pirates holding him for ransom, he persuaded them to bring him back to Denmark in exchange to do them a “good turn” in the future. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are still on their way to England and Horatio is to deliver Hamlet’s other letters to the king.
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- Scene 7
- "I will work himTo an exploit, now ripe in my device,Under the which he shall not choose but fall; And for his death no wind of blame shall breatheBut even his mother shall uncharge the practiceAnd call it accident"
- "My lord I will be ruledThe rather if you could devise it soThat I might be the organ of it"
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- Claudius, the King, finds out from one of Horatio’s letters that the prince, Hamlet, is back in Denmark. He ropes in Laertes into devising a plan to get rid of the prince. Laertes and Hamlet will have a duel, but Laertes will be fighting with a sharpened, poisoned blade. Just in case this plan fails, Claudius will also poison a drink and offer it to Hamlet after the duel. After they settle on the plan, Gertrude arrives to inform the King and Laertes that Ophelia is dead. She was found drowned in a brook, surrounded by flowers. Laertes grieves over the loss of his sister, while Claudius frets about his plans.
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