HAMLET ACT III: NOTES

• In this act, Claudius and Polonius both send Ophelia to talk to Hamlet so they could spy on them.
• Hamlet says his "to be or not to be" soliloquy.
• Claudius senses that Hamlet knows something that can be damaging for him so he decides to send him somewhere outside of Denmark.
• Polonius still believes that Hamlet's behavior is because of lost love.
• Hamlet hints his regret of living Ophelia and tells her to go to a nunnery.
• He tells her that a woman destroys a man's life and turns him into a monster.
• He also hints Claudius' death by saying only one couple shall live.
• Hamlet requests Horatio to play close attention to both Claudius and Gertrude and their reaction to the play.
• He informs Horatio that Claudius killed King Hamlet.
• Claudius flees the scene of the play.
• Hamlet does not kill Claudius even though he had a chance to.
• Claudius admits to his sin.
• Death of Polonius by Hamlet by accident.
• Why did Shakespeare have Hamlet  accidentally kill Polonius? What could the death of Polonius serve as a purpose to the story?
• What did not killing Claudius when he was praying symbolize for the audience? what could the audience analyze from it?