Hamlet Act 4

He is afraid that his soul would be permanently blackened if he committed any more evil deeds.

He is protecting his wife. He thinks that Hamlet might try to hurt her if he is provoked.

He needs to save all of his strength for fighting the enemies from other countries.

Hamlet's mother would not want him harmed. The people of Denmark like him and would be upset if anything happened to him.

First he says he has "brought the fair body to the chapel." Then he says it is in a place where no harm will come to it.

First he says it is with the other vermin. Then he says it is on its way to England, so as not to desecrate good Danish soil.

First he says it is "not where he eats, but where he is eaten." Then he tells the King to look for him in Heaven, and if he can't find Polonius there, to go to "the other place" (hell) himself.

First he says Polonius is now "keeping company with my dear dead father." Later, he tells the King he has put the body on display in the marketplace for all to see.

"Who is Polonius?"

The King wants Hamlet to be killed as soon as he reaches England.

The King sends money to the King of England to pay for Hamlet's upkeep for one year.

The King sends a document saying that Hamlet is mad, and asking that he be imprisoned in the Tower of London until he regains his sanity.

It is a letter thanking the King of England for his help, and inviting him and his wife to visit Denmark the following spring.

He feels guilty for killing Polonius.

After seeing Fortinbras's army going off to war, he realizes he needs to start revenging and stop reasoning.

He decides to offer R&G more money than the King is giving them, in the hopes that they will murder him for Hamlet.

He has an encounter with Lady Macbeth

He realizes that he has been thinking about death and destruction almost constantly. He feels sad, and wonders if he will ever again be able to think peaceful thoughts.

She has married another man, chosen by her father.

She has gone to a convent in Norway.

She has defied her father and announced that she is going to England to be with Hamlet.

She has gone crazy.

She gets sidetracked by an epic Twitter feud with that @&%# Rosaline.

He wants to marry Ophelia.

He wants to kidnap the Queen and hold her for ransom.

He wants to avenge his father's death.

He wants to be given the title to his father's lands.

He wants more cowbell.

He says pirates brought him back to Denmark. He asks Horatio to come to see him as quickly as possible.

He tells him about his old friend Yorick who died without taking action.

He expresses his regrets about the way he has treated Ophelia, but says that he has acted this way for a greater good.

He asks Horatio to talk to the Queen for him; he thinks she might listen to Horatio.

He describes how they were on a three-hour tour when the weather started getting rough, and the tiny ship was tossed.

They will go to see him, disguised as beggars. Then they will rob him and kill him.

They plan to set up a duel between Laertes and Hamlet. Either Laertes will kill Hamlet, or, if he survives, the King will poison him.

They plan to go to him and escort him back to Denmark. On the way, they will stage a shipwreck. They will leave Hamlet in the water to perish, and they will be rescued by another ship.

They plan to force Horatio to do it. If he refuses they will kill all the members of his family.

Ear poison. Because that's how Claudius rolls.

She has taken poison.

She has died of a broken heart.

She has fallen on her own knife.

She has drowned.

Vending machine incident.