1. Aim: What motivates Hamlet to finally act?
Do Now: Refer to the beginning of Act 5 Scene 2. How does Hamlet seal the fates of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? What does this show about him?

2. “They are not near my conscience…”
Why doesn’t Hamlet feel bad for sending Rosencrantz and Guildenstern off to their deaths?
Did they deserve what they got?

3. Laertes as Mirror Image
“But I am very sorry, good Horatio, / That to Laertes I forgot myself; / For by the image of my cause I see / The portraiture of his.”
What does Hamlet realize about Laertes?
Is this a sign of Hamlet’s maturity?

4. “The readiness is all.”
Notice how Hamlet speaks of himself in third person when addressing Laertes.
How does Hamlet’s rhetorical style mimic his content? OR How does his way of speaking mimic what he’s actually talking about?
“I’ll be your foil, Laertes”
Indeed! Again with the word play!

5. “The rest is silence.”

6. The Body Count How do the following die? Gertrude Laertes Hamlet
Claudius
Let’s not forget Rosencrantz & Guildenstern, Ophelia and Polonius.