Day: November 19, 2015

In Act 4 scene 6 Horatio gets a letter from Hamlet saying that he has been captured by pirates but they have let Rosencrantz and Guildernstern free. He also explains how shocked he is that the pirates aren’t going to kill him.

In Act 4 scene 5 it starts off with Gertrude and Horatio discussing Ophelia and that she is so sad that her father died and that she can’t take it anymore. Later on in the scene while Hamlet was on a boat to England, Laerts storms into the kings castle and starts shouting and asking who killed his father. Claudius promises Laerts that he doesn’t know who killed his father.

In Act 4 scene 4 the prince of Norway, Fortinbras goes to Cladius to ask him if he can go through Denmark to get to Poland and attack them so they get the land they lost in Poland. Hamlet has his doubts about Fortinbras only going to Poland to get a little bit of land. he feels that Norway will attack Denmark as Hamlet killed Fortinbras’ dad the old king of Norway.

In Act 4 scene 3 Claudius tells his attendants that Polonius has been killed and his plan to send Hamlet to England. He also wants Rosencrantz and Guildernstern to go with Hamlet to England. Hamlet refuses to give up the body of Polonius but says he is being eaten by worms. Claudius then tells Rosencrantz and Guildernstern the plan about to go England but to get Hamlet killed there.