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Hamlet Act 4 Analysis

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In Hamlet Act IV their is a lot of things going on at the same time that can alter people's emotions or actions, the first thing that happens in Act IV, Scene I is King Claudius figures out that Hamlet has murdered Polonius and has order Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to find Hamlet and figure out where he has taken Polonius body. Scene II Rosencrantz and Guildenstern find Hamlet and questions Hamlet about Polonius whereabouts and Hamlet goes around their questions by accusing them as spies in the service of King Claudius. Scene III King Claudius finally finds Hamlet and the location of Polonius body that he makes the decision to send Hamlet to England to be sentenced to death. Scene IV Fortinbras orders his captain to ask Claudius for permission to cross Denmark in his course to invade Poland and the captain meets with Hamlet and informs them that the army will fight for a little …show more content…

Scene V Ophelia goes mad and people get concerned and soon after Claudius gets warned that Laertes has come back from France with a mob of people to overthrow him and make Laertes king. Scene VI Horatio receives a letter from Hamlet saying that his ship has been captured by pirates who have returned him to Denmark and he asks Horatio to escort the sailors to the king and queen for they have messages for them as well. Scene VII Claudius receives a letter from Hamlet and Claudius and Laertes plot a plan to kill Hamlet and Gertrude enters the room with tragic news about Ophelia has drowned, with all this drama and so many events taking place at the same time "Shakespeare based the plots on stories of real roman heroes, but he often adapted them to make them more exciting." "The plays show how hard it is to be a political leader." in this act we see that Claudius has so many problems being thrown at him and one big problem that Claudius has to deal with is Hamlet coming back to Denmark trying to kill him and Laertes storming through the castle with a mob to overthrow him and make Laertes

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