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Hamlet Act 4 Scene 2 Summary

Hamlet meets up with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern who ask him what he has done with the body, he tells them he disposed of it but not where. Hamlet gets angry at his two friends for working with the king. He… Continue Reading →

Hamlet Act 4 Scene 1 Summary

The Queen rushes to tell the king about her confrontation with Hamlet and she asks to speak to him alone. Once the others leave she tells him that Hamlet is extremely crazy and that he killed Polonius. Claudius becomes frightened… Continue Reading →

Hamlet Act 3 Scene 4 Summary

Polonius and the Queen converse about the plan for Polonius to hide behind the tapestry and listen into the discussion. Hamlet abruptly enters and begins throwing accusations and insults at his mother. He becomes so aggressive that she fears for… Continue Reading →

Hamlet Act 3 Scene 3

Claudius talks with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about Hamlet’s madness after being exposed by Hamlet’s play. He decides to tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to escort Hamlet to England. Polonius enters and tells the king that he is going to hide in… Continue Reading →

Hamlet Act 3 Scene 2 Summary

Hamlet Act 3 Scene 1 Summary

The King and Queen converse with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about their discoveries of Hamlets mental state. They stay reasonably loyal to Hamlet by only saying that he was sad but they were unable to find the cause of this. They… Continue Reading →

Hamlet Act 2 Scene 2 Summary

The King and Queen enter with two of Hamlet’s friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern who he requests to observe Hamlet. They reluctantly except knowing that they dont really have a choice. They leave and Polonius enters with a theory as to… Continue Reading →

Hamlet Act 2 Scene 1 Summary

Polonius meets with his servant reynaldo to get him to go and spy on Laerres who is currently in Paris. Ophelia then enters and tell Polonius about a visit from Hamlet where he was a wreck and had filthy clothes… Continue Reading →

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 5 Summary

This scene involves Hamlet on the outer walls of the castle after following the ghost of his father. He soon reveals to him that desoite people believing he was killed by a snake bite in reality the king and his… Continue Reading →

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 4 Summary

The scene opens with Hamlet, Horatio and Marcellus waiting at the place where the sentinels usually keep watch for the ghost. They start off joking and drinking and they question eachother wether it was normal to drink so much and… Continue Reading →

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