Summary Of Act 2 Scene 1 Hamlet

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ACT 2 Scene 1 Hamlet returns to the castle as mad as ever because of the news of his fathers death was due to the fact that he was poisoned by the new king of Denmark Claudius, he was so enraged that his ¨girlfriend¨ Ophelia approached him and he did not say anything, but he grabbed her with aggression and walked away. Ophelia then got upset the went to see her father Polonius. While she was on her was to see her father Polonius was talking to his servant (Reynaldo), telling him to go to France, and spy on his son Laertes and to let him know of his whereabouts. Ophelia tells her father Polonius about her encounter with Hamlet and tells her to keep away from him and suggests that his reasoning for his mood might be lovesickness. Scene 2 King of Denmark Claudius and Queen Gertrude call upon Hamlet´s friends old friends from school (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern), and ask them to spy on Hamlet and report with what he is up to. The Queen says tells the 2 that they will be paid very well to spy on him and that its for his own good, they Agree and go off to seek out to find their old friend Prince Hamlet. Polonius says that Hamlet is mad and needs mental help, but the queen says that she is sure that he isnt crazy. That he is just upset at the fact that his father has died and her new marriage. Also ambassadors from norway one being the former king of …show more content…

As everyone including the king and queen is seated the play begins with just a normal show. Then they act out a king and queen happily married and, they show the king taking a nap and then someone walking up to the king to put poison in the actors ear, then goes to have fun with the queen actor. Everyone at this point is confused by the play then the actual king gets kinda mad and orders the play to stop. Doing this Hamlet knew right then and there that the ghost was

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