Day: 2 November 2015

In this scene, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern return to Claudius saying that they can’t get Hamlet to tell them where they can find the body. Claudius calls Hamlet in and tells him that he is gonna be sent to England. Hamlet refers to Claudius as his mother because he married Hamlet’s mum and they became one flesh. Claudius then ends up alone and talks to the English King as if he were there and describes Hamlet as a fever on his brain that must be killed as soon a she gets to England.

In this scene Rosencrantz and Guildenstern look for Hamlet and find him. They ask him where Polonius’s body is then Hamlet responds with confusing riddles and insults. He calls Rosencrantz a “sponge” soaking up the king’s favor. Hamlet agrees to see Claudius, but then runs off.