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Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: Act IV

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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 IV

Act IV: Scenes 1, 2, 3

The King and Queen, with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, enter another room
of the castle soon after the killing of Polonius. Claudius asks Gertrude why
she is sighing so heavily and, after asking Rosencrantz lnd Guildenstern to
leave them alone a while, she answers with a description of Hamlet's "mad"
killing of Polonius.

After a brief statement of sorrow, "O heavy deed!," Claudius immediately
sees the danger Hamlet's ...

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