1. Do Now : How can Hamlet rationalize the death of Polonius? HW: Read Act 4, Scenes 1, 2, 3.

2.   Hamlet begins by berating his mother.  This scene has long been linked to Hamlet’s Oedipal Complex.  Hamlet hesitates to kill Claudius and then walks into Gertrude’s bedroom. Why does Hamlet immediately jump to murder the “Claudius” behind the curtain?  What is Hamlet’s reaction to killing Polonius? “Mother, you have my father much offended.”

3.   Does Gertrude betray Hamlet or is she looking out for a son that she truly thinks is mad? What do you think? A Mother’s Love?

4.   Claudius seems all to happy to be able to send Hamlet away.  However, what nefarious plan does he reveal? (nefarious: wicked or criminal) A King’s Plan

5.   “The body is with the King, but the King is not with the body. The King is a thing – ”  “A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a/ king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.” Hamlet’s Word Play