Act III

Act III 

Scene 1

-Direct characterization, hamlet has a crazy madness Rozencranze 

- much forcing the disposition, hamlet is forcing his actions 

-devotions visage-can act it pretend to be good so people believe it

- Claudius is starting to feel guilty

- Ophelia is being reported to talk to hamlet 

- Rozencranze and Guildensturn are on claudius's side. 

- where is ophillia coming from? 

- easier to be beautiful than to have honesty.

-hamlet is upset at everyone, i am imperfect put I'm better than these people, damns Polonius, calls Ophelia two faced put on make-up. Saying women corrupt men. 

- madness can imply being angry or crazy. 

-Polonius and Claudius over heard the Ophelia and hamlet conversation.

- Claudius wants to remove the threat and take him to England 

- Polonius never going to disagree with Claudius, let Gertrude be alone with hamlet, he will be with them, but not in the sight of hamlet but will listen. If a threat then send him away or In jail. Polonius wants to be right. 

-Claudius treats Polonius as a respected person.

Scene 2

- wants them to act naturally, hamlet is the director

- second part don't underplay, have integrity make it seem real, 

- how he wants the play to come off, isn't a mad man because this is logically designed, 

- Shakespeare is talking about the play as a total. 

- hamlet says don't improvise. 

- he is telling Horatio what he is going to do, and to watch claudius's reaction. 

- players act out the play, hamlets talking to ophilia is acting strange.

- when the players act out the part of the poison in the ear, king Claudius flees the room, showing his guilt. 

Scene 3 

-Claudius thinks hamlet is behind it all and now thinks he is dangerous. 

-Claudius expresses his guilt. 

-starts to pray, hamlet sneaks in and wants to kill him but refuses to let him go to heaven.

-Polonius goes to listen in on hamlet and the queens conversation. 

Scene 4

-Polonius and Gertrude talk about hamlets behavior and Polonius says that she has to be sturdy. 

-hamlet is very angry tells her what he is planning on making her suffer. 

- Polonius yells from where he is hiding and hamlet stabs the curtain thinking it was Claudius.

-sees that it is Polonius calls him a fool, continues to tell at his mother. 

-the ghost suddenly appears.

-hamlet tries to tell his mother to see his father and change herself.

- she promises to keep the secret and he leaves