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Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: Act III: Scenes 1 and 2

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Brodwin, Leonora
Affiliation: Associate Professor Of English, St. John's University

Act III: Scenes 1 and 2

Act III: Scene 1

The scene is set in the room in the castle where the planned encounter of
Hamlet and Ophelia is to take place. The King and Queen are present surrounded
by Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern and other lords. Claudius is
in the midst of asking Rosencrantz and Guildenstern whether they have
discovered anything concerning the cause of Hamlet's madness, but they answer
that Hamlet "with a crafty madness" has ...

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