Thomas Act 3 and 4 Answers

1. The play, as Hamlet planned, exposed Claudius for his guilt and fear of killing his brother and marrying his wife. Hamlet and Heratio analyzed Claudius during the play and noticed how uncomfortable he got, and then he becomes overwhelmed and leaves the room. Claudius realized that Hamlet knows he killed his father.
2. Expo- This is when we are introduced to the guards. They see a ghost and they ask Horatio to see it to. Hamlet hates Claudius and the marriage. The ghost appears again, Hamlet fallows it to ask it questions.
Inciting- Hamlet finds out Claudius killed his father from the Ghost, also telling him to seek revenge for his fathers death.
Rising- 1. Hamlets plan to expose Claudius through the play.
2. Hamlet goes to Ophelia’s room acting crazy, half-naked, acting in love with her.
3. Claudius is upset after the play, showing Hamlet he is guilty, but Hamlet cant kill him because he was confessing.
1. He’s sending Hamlet to England because he’s crazy, and has Rosencrantz and Guildenstern go with him to supervise.
2. Spy on them to here what they talk about.
3. 1) This was the first time Claudius admits to his sin out loud.
2) He’s asking for forgiveness for his sins, showing some level of regret and need for salvation.
3) If he did not decide to pray Hamlet wouldn’t have shown restraint in killing him.
4. Claudius says he apearantly can’t pray.
5. Because he can’t kill Claudius as he is praying confessing for his sin because then he will go to heaven. Hamlet refuses to give him that luxary, so he decides to wait until he can kill him when he is doing something bad.

1. Polonius tells the queen be more stern, and just say he has caused a lot of trouble.
2. Hamlet calls Polonius a rat for spying on him, as he is always doing. Then he stabs and kills him.
3. While Hamlet is frustrated and confused, this quote shows he somewhat blames his mother for his fathers death.
4. While Gertrude is a clueless mother, she doesn’t understand why Hamlet is so rude to her because she doesn’t know that Claudius killed her husband.
5. He bashes on Claudius by saying he is like mildewed ear of corn affecting all others next to him, and comparing her old husband to a Greek God, with a commanding eye.
6. He just giving a descriptive explanation of why his father was so much more of a man than Claudius. He asks why his mother would possibly settle for such a pathetic man, after having such a honorable, heroic king.
7. It’s a detailed description of Gurtude sleeping with her old husbands brother.
8. The ghost reminds Hamlet that his job is to get revenge for his fathers death, not push his mother away and make her feel guilty. She is just a weak women says the ghost.
9. “….do not spread the compost on the weeds.” He’s saying that they shouldn’t make things worse, which is ironic considering he wants to murder Claudius. This sign of revenge and anger drives him kill his fathers murderer.
10. The ghost doesn’t help Hamlet’s situation in act 3 because, unlike act 1, in act 3 no one can see him except Hamlet. In act 1 everyone sees the ghost. In both scenes however the ghosts have the same motivation, which is to see Claudius killed.