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Hamlet Act 4

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Question 1
1.

Why must the King "not put the strong arm on" Hamlet?

Question 2
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When the King asks Hamlet where Polonius is, what is Hamlet's answer?

Question 3
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What is the content of the letter the King sends with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to England with Hamlet?

Question 4
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What prompts Hamlet to say, "My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth!"?

Question 5
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What has happened to Ophelia?

Question 6
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Why does Laertes force his way in? What does he want?

Question 7
7.

What is the content of Hamlet's letter to Horatio?

Question 8
8.

What plan do the King and Laertes discuss to kill Hamlet?

Question 9
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The Queen tells Laertes that Ophelia is dead. How did she die?

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 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?"
It is a letter thanking the King of England for his help, and inviting him and his wife to visit Denmark the following spring.
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 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 avenge his father's death.
He wants to be given the title to his father's lands.
He wants more cowbell.
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 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 fallen on her own knife.
She has drowned.
Vending machine incident.