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Act IV.

1. What does Hamlet think of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? Why does he feel this way? (Use a quote to explain what you mean) Hamlet doesn’t trust Guildenstern and Rosencrantz, he thinks they are weak to see that the king is using them, and they are sponge-like just trying to soak up all the information

2. Why must the King “not put the strong arm on” Hamlet? (Provide two reasons why in your own words) Hamlets mom actually loved him and she doesn’t want him to get hurt and the people of Denmark love him as well. They love him still because they would be scared if something happened to him. 3. When the Claudius asks Hamlet where Polonius is, what is Hamlet’s answer? (Provide two answers with the use direct quotes from the scene) “At dinner” “ being eaten by a certain conference of worms chowing down on him” 4. What is the content of the letters the Claudius sends with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to England with Hamlet? The king wants hamlet killed as soon as he gets to england

5. What prompts Hamlet to say, “My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth!”? Why does he feel this way? (Explain what Hamlet means in your own words) He realizes his father has been killed, his uncle is the murderer, his mother is living in an incestuous marriage, and the soldiers he has just seen are going to kill each other over a little piece of land which is not worth anything.

6. What has happened to Ophelia? This is the result of what event in the play? (Be specific in your answers) she was hanging a reef over a brook

and she fell in and started singing as she was singing the mud in the brook covered her and drowned her 7. Why does Laertes force his way in? What does he want? (Explain in detail) He wanted revenge for his fathers death and he was angry at claudius 8. What is the content of Hamlet’s letter to Horatio? ( In your own words, be as detailed as possible) He explains that he escaped from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern onto a pirate ship. He is a prisoner, but is being treated well because the pirates want favors from him. He wants Horatio to give letters he has written to the King and Queen and then to come to see him as quickly as possible.

9. What plan do the King and Laertes discuss to kill Hamlet? (Make sure you cover every detail of their plot against Hamlet) They plan to set up a duel between Laertes and Hamlet in which Laertes will honorably kill Hamlet, or if Hamlet lives, the King will poison him.

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What news does the Queen bring Laertes? (Be specific in your

answer) She tells him that Ophelia is dead; she drowned...