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   Summary: Act III, scene iv. In Gertrude’s chamber, the queen and Polonius wait for Hamlet’s arrival. Polonius plans to hide in order to eavesdrop on Gertrude’s confrontation with her son, in the hope that doing so will enable him to determine the cause of Hamlet’s bizarre and threatening behavior. Polonius urges the queen to be harsh ...

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   Expert Answers. It is actually Claudius who first urges Hamlet to stay in Denmark and not return to his studies at Wittenberg. Claudius wants him close, he says, because Hamlet is the next in line ...

3. www.sparknotes.com › shakespeare › hamletHamlet Act I: Scene ii Summary & Analysis - SparkNotes

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   Summary: Act I, scene ii. The morning after Horatio and the guardsmen see the ghost, King Claudius gives a speech to his courtiers, explaining his recent marriage to Gertrude, his brother’s widow and the mother of Prince Hamlet. Claudius says that he mourns his brother but has chosen to balance Denmark’s mourning with the delight of his ...

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   Jun 2, 2020 · Act 3, scene 4. ⌜ Scene 4 ⌝. Synopsis: In Gertrude’s room, Polonius hides behind a tapestry. Hamlet’s entrance so alarms Gertrude that she cries out for help. Polonius echoes her cry, and Hamlet, thinking Polonius to be Claudius, stabs him to death. Hamlet then verbally attacks his mother for marrying Claudius.

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   CLAUDIUS. Come, Gertrude, we’ll call up our wisest friends, And let them know both what we mean to do And what’s untimely done. So dreaded slander— Whose whisper o’er the world’s diameter, As level as the cannon to his blank, Transports the poisoned shot—may miss our name And hit the woundless air.

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   Hamlet Commentary - Act IV. Act IV. Scene I. - A Room in the Castle. King Claudius: "My soul is full of discord and dismay." King Claudius speaks with his wife, Queen Gertrude. He learns of Polonius' murder which shocks him; it could easily have been him. Queen Gertrude lies for her son, saying that Hamlet is as mad as a tempestuous sea. King ...

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   What questions does King Claudius ask Queen Gertrude?

   • King Claudius notices that Queen Gertrude is troubled, saying, " There's matter [a reason] in these sighs," (Line 1) and asks her to tell him why she is troubled... Queen Gertrude asks Guildenstern and Rosencrantz to leave her and King Claudius in private (Line 4) and King Claudius asks Gertrude "How does Hamlet?" (How is Hamlet?), (Line 6).

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   What does King Claudius say in a hamlet?

   • HOME > Hamlet Study Guide > Hamlet Commentary - Act IV. Hamlet Commentary - Act IV. Act IV. Scene I. - A Room in the Castle. King Claudius: "My soul is full of discord and dismay." King Claudius speaks with his wife, Queen Gertrude. He learns of Polonius' murder which shocks him; it could easily have been him.

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   How does Gertrude feel when Hamlet kills Polonius?

   • As the scene progresses, Gertrude goes through several states of feeling: she is haughty and accusatory at the beginning, then afraid that Hamlet will hurt her, shocked and upset when Hamlet kills Polonius, overwhelmed by fear and panic as Hamlet accosts her, and disbelieving when Hamlet sees the ghost.

   Hamlet Act III: Scene iv Summary & Analysis - SparkNotes

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   Why did King Claudius do nothing?

   • King Claudius answers that he did nothing for "two special reasons;" namely "The queen his mother (Hamlet's mother, Queen Gertrude) / Lives almost by his looks," (lives for Hamlet), (Line 12), Claudius explaining that he could not easily live without Queen Gertrude (Lines 13-15).

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   What does Gertrude ask hamlet?

   • Gertrude asks what Hamlet has done, and he replies, “Nay, I know not: / Is it the king?” (III.iv.24). The queen says his action was a “rash and bloody” deed, and Hamlet replies that it was almost as rash and bloody as murdering a king and marrying his brother (III.iv.26–28).

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   How did Hamlet kill Claudius?

   • In Gertrude’s room, Polonius hides behind a tapestry. Hamlet’s entrance so alarms Gertrude that she cries out for help. Polonius echoes her cry, and Hamlet, thinking Polonius to be Claudius, stabs him to death. Hamlet then verbally attacks his mother for marrying Claudius.

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8. shakespeare.mit.edu › hamlet › hamletSCENE V. Elsinore. A room in the castle.

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   Good night, ladies; good night, sweet ladies; good night, good night. Follow her close; give her good watch, I pray you. O, this is the poison of deep grief; it springs All from her father's death. O Gertrude, Gertrude, When sorrows come, they come not single spies But in battalions.