Discussion In Act 3, Scene 3, Hamlet has an opportunity to kill Claudius, but he does not act. One scene later, however, Hamlet does not hesitate at all when he kills Polonius in Gertrude’s chamber. Why is Hamlet able to act in Scene 4 but not in Scene 3? What does this tell readers and […]
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What is Gertrude’s role in all this, and was her marriage to Claudius unduly hasty or a need to maintain stability in the state and the passage of time?
2. Address the following questions and support your answers with a specific example/passage from the reading: a) In the court scene (11.11), is Claudius genuine in his wish to keep Hamlet at court? He permits Laertes to return to France, yet he refuses to grant similar permission to Hamlet, so why would Claudius wish to […]
