Hamlet Act 4 Notes

• Gertrude tells Claudius of Polonius’s death & Claudius realises Hamlet could of killed him. 
• Now Claudius is sendin Hamlet away.
• Hamlet doesnt want to tell Rosencrantz & Guildenstern where the body is & accuses them of trying to please the king for their own aims & then they tell Claudius that. 
• Hamlet continues to feign madness when he enters giving riddles about the body of Polonius & then he tell Claudius the body will smell if you don't find him. 
• In the closing soliloquy Claudius says that the letter with Rosencrantz & Guildenstern calls for Hamlets death in England.
• Hamlet compares himself to Fortinbras and he still feels guilt that he still has not revenges his father's death. 
• Ophelia has been driven mad by her father’s death and Hamlet’s rejection of her. She enters singing to the king and queen. Gertude thinks the turn of these events might lead to serious misfortune.
• We find that Laertes has returned to seek vengeance for his father’s murder. Laertes entrance gives the idea that not all the Danish people are happy with Claudius’s reign as they call for Laertes to be king. Claudius lets Laertes talk to let him be calm. Laertes gets his revenge and gets anger at his sister's state of mind. Claudia manipulates laertes. 
• Hamlet has sent a letter to Horatio revealing what happened while at sea & telling of his immediate return. Hamlet also asks him to deliver letters to Claudius.
• The king reads the letter from Hamlet with Laertes. Laertes tells Claudius he trusts him so Claudius tells him how he is going to kill Hamlet.
• Claudius plays on Laertes emotions by asking him if he loved his father enough to act. Hamlet & Laertes will have a dual and at the end of Laertes rapper there will be poison & if that doesn't work Hamlet will get poison wine. 
• Gertrude enters to tell of Ophelia’s death. While the death seems accidental there are hints at suicide. 
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