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- Gertrude has an awkward encounter with Hamlet, and rushes to tell Claudius about it. Then continues to tell Claudius that Hamlet killed Polonius, then worries about how he will deal with Hamlet and continue to deal with Denmark. Finally, he decides to send Hamlet to England to find a way to explain what Hamlet has done to everyone.
- “Mad as the sea and wind when both contend/which is the mightier. In his lawless fit,/behind the arras hearing something stir,/whips out his rapier, cries ‘A rat, a rat’,/and in this brainish apprehension kills the unseen good old man.” (4. 1. 7-12)
- “The body is with the king, but the king is not with the/body. The kind is a thing-.” (4. 2. 24-25)
- “A certain convocation of politic worms are e’en at him. Your/ worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat ourselves for maggots.” (4. 3. 19-21)
- Eventually Hamlet reveals the location of Polonius’s body is under a nearby staircase, and Claudius sends his attendants to look there.
- Claudius immediately sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to escort Hamlet to the ship heading to England.
- Hamlet roams around Elsinore and disposes Polonius’s body while Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ask Hamlet continuously what he has done with the body, but Hamlet refuses to answer them.
- Prince Fortinbras leads his army traveling through Denmark with hopes to attack Poland. On his way to ask the King of Denmark to grant him permission to travel through the land, he runs into Hamlet, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern who are on their way to board the ship for England.
- “[Sings] He is dead and gone, lady,/he is dead and gone,/ at his head a grass-green turf,/at his heels a stone.” (4. 5. 29-32)
- Claudius tells a group in Denmark about the murder of Polonius, and his plans to send Hamlet to England
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern bring Hamlet to Claudius, trying to get him to reveal where Polonius’s body is hidden. Hamlet’s mad mind drives him to talk about how Polonius was eaten by worms.
- “So you shall./and where th’offence is, let the great axe fall./I pray you go with me.” (4. 5. 213-215)
- “I am lost in it, my lord. But let him come./It warms the very sickness in my heart/That I shall live and tell him to his teeth,/’Thus diest thou’.” (4. 7. 54-57)
- Gertrude, Horatio and the Gentleman discuss Ophelia, as Horatio warns them all about Ophelia’s mental state, and how the death of her father has made her mad. Ophelia keeps singing strange songs, and responding in ways that are uncommon to everyone.
- “One woe doth tread upon another’s heel,/So fast they follow. Your sister’s drown’d, Laertes.” (4. 7. 163-164)
- Claudius explains how Laertes is seeking revenge and lists all that has gone wrong the past couple days, until Laertes himself storms into the castle, with the need to avenge his father’s death.
- Horatio receives a letter written from Hamlet from a sailor, and the letter explains that his ship was captured and they have returned him to Denmark, and asks if he can escort the sailors to the Queen and King so they can receive their messages as well.
- Claudius and Laertes discuss the death of his father, and how he did not punish Hamlet for the murder due to the townspeople and Gertrude loving Hamlet, and wanted no one to be upset with him.
- The Messenger enters bearing the letter from Hamlet to Claudius, explaining how Hamlet will return tomorrow. Laertes explains his feelings towards Hamlet coming back, thrilled with the idea he will not delay his revenge
- Gertrude enters and tells Laertes of his sisters tragic death
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