What happened in Act 3 Scene 3 of Hamlet?
Hamlet, on his way to talk to Gertrude, stumbles upon the scene. He’s tempted to kill Claudius right now–after all, he has proof that the king is a murderer—but he realizes that if he kills him while he’s praying, Claudius will go to heaven, and that’s not what Hamlet wants.
What Happens in Hamlet Act 3 Scene 4?
In Act 3, Scene 4 of Hamlet, Hamlet arrives at his mother’s chamber, a meeting which Polonius has been planning to eavesdrop on for the last two scenes. She promises not to tell Claudius about his faking madness and Hamlet leaves, dragging Polonius behind him, to prepare for his exile to England.
What is the purpose of Act 4 Scene 6 in Hamlet?
The function of this scene is to get Hamlet back to Denmark so that the story can continue. So long as he is away from home, he cannot be working on his plan to avenge his father’s murder and kill Claudius, so Shakespeare has to figure out some way to return him to Elsinore. His answer: pirates!
What happened in Act 1 scene 5 of Hamlet?
Summary: Act I, scene v Hamlet is appalled at the revelation that his father has been murdered, and the ghost tells him that as he slept in his garden, a villain poured poison into his ear—the very villain who now wears his crown, Claudius. As dawn breaks, the ghost disappears.
What is the most important line in Hamlet Act 1 Scene 5?
Act 1, Scene 5 of Hamlet is one of the play’s most quotable and important scenes. When Hamlet reacts in shock, hearing of his father’s murder, the ghost rejoins: ‘Murder most foul, as in the best it is, / But this most foul, strange and unnatural’ (lines 33-34).
Why does Claudius believe he can’t be forgiven for his crime is he right?
He knows that he cannot be forgiven because he is “still possessed / Of those effects for which [he] did the murder” (3.3. 57-58). In other words, Claudius killed his brother, the old king Hamlet, because his ambition tempted him to take his brother’s crown as well as his brother’s wife.