Act 3.3-4

1. What does Claudius plan to do with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and Hamlet?
He plans to have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern take Hamlet back to England

2. What is Polonius going to do while Hamlet speaks with his mother?
Hide and lissten to hamlet and if needed provide back up to the Queen

3. List three important things about Claudius’ soliloquy.
a. He admits to the murder
b. He can't ask for forgivance
c. He still wants the stuff that he stole from his brother


4. Why is it odd that Hamlet sees the king praying?
Hamlet is in the mood and ready to kill the king but doesn't pay attention to his wording

5. Why doesn’t Hamlet take this opportunity for revenge?
He doesn't want to let him go to heaven (and he is a coward)

Scene IV

1. Describe Polonius’ advice to Gertrude.
He says to be blunt and he will stay and hide

2. What is the significance of the following quote: “How now, a rat? Dead! For a ducat, dead!
Rats are pests to be killed and they give away their possition by squealing

3. What is odd about the following quote: A bloody dead; almost as bad, good mother, as kill a king 
and marry with his brother.
He is accusing her of being an accessory to the murder

4. Why might Gertrude say, “What have I done, that thou dar’st wag thy tongue in noise so rude against me.”
She is mad that her son is being so mean to her and is treat him as the small child he is acting as

5. What descriptions does Hamlet use to compare his father and his uncle?
King Hamlet
All of the Roman godsClaudius

a mildewed ear of corn6. What point does Hamlet make by comparing the men?
He is asking his mom why she married the new King

7. What is disturbing about the following: Nay, but to live in the rank sweat of an enseamed bed; stewed in corruption; honeying, and making love over the nasty sty.”
He is making jabs/speculating at a 50-year-old womans love-life, specificly his mom's

8. What stops Hamlet’s ranting and raving at Gertrude? What does this figure tell Hamlet?
The ghost, who tells Hamlet to not be so mean to her

9. By the end of the act, Hamlet has made many statements about humanity, in general. Explain a few of his points. Do his opinions reflect his madness.
He says that suicide is great, but people are too cowardly to take their own life, Women wear makeup to hid themselves, he is crazy because he can't trust anyone, but he still is quite smart

10. Explain the differences between the ghost in Act I with the ghost in Act III. Why might these differences reflect Hamlet’s insanity?
Every one can see the ghost in the beginning but only Hamlet can see the ghost in Act III.