Act 3...

Scene 1:
1. What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern report to Polonius?
They say that hamlet is crazy but they don't know why

2. How does Claudius react when Polonius says, "…with devotion's visage, And pious action we do sugar o'er/ The devil himself"?
He conferms the ghost's accusation that he murdered old Hamlet (in not so many words)

3. What plan do Polonius, Claudius and Ophelia now put into action?
They use Ophelia as a trap to see Hamlets true intentions, as they hide in a nearby room/closet

4. What is the nature of Hamlet's soliloquy, lines 57-91?
It is about Hamlet contemplating the nature of suicide.

5. What is Hamlet's main argument against suicide?
No one knows what the afterlife is like as none have returned (except zombies)

6. Why does Hamlet treat Ophelia as cruelly as he does? What has changed him?
Because he knows that something is off when she gives him back his love letters. He is changed by the betrayal of his girlfriend and now has no one to trust (except Horatio)

7. What thinly veiled threat to Claudius does Hamlet voice, after he becomes of his hidden presence? (lines 148-150) "Those that are married already-all but one-shall live"



8. At the end of this scene, what does the King decide to do with Hamlet?
He is going to spy on him
Scene 2:
9. What qualities in Horatio cause Hamlet to enlist his assistance?
He is poor and none kiss-up to him like the King.

10. What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do?
Watch his uncle's reaction to the play

11. Summarize what happens in the play-within-a-play.
The king makes the queen swear thrice to not remarry if he dies. Then the king is murdered by Gonzago by poison in the ear snd then Gonzago woos the queen.

12. Why, in line 233, does Hamlet refer to the play-within-a-play as "The Mouse-trap"?
Because he is trying to trap the king

13. What is the King's reaction to the play?
He calls an end to the play and leaves in a huff confirming his guilt