Scene 1:
The queen explains to Claudius that Hamlet has just killed Polonius, Claudius then realizes that he might have been killed if he spyed on his wife instead of Polonius.
Claudius then comes us with the resolution that with solve everything which is to send Hamlet to England.
Scene 2:
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ask Hamlet where he has put the body, Hamlets answer is in riddles.
Scene 3:
Claudius then tells Hamlet for his own safety that he has to go to England, Where in actual fact the King has planned for him to not go to England but to be murdered. During Hamlets riddles, where Pollonius's body is, is revealed. In the final soliloquy reveals that the letters acompanying Hamlet are to bring about his death.
Scene 4:
Hamlet takes his departure, however he meets Fortinbra's army on its way to Poland. Hamlet then considers man's ability to reason and his own inactions. Basically he has failed as a hero, he hasn't done what his fathers ghost asked of him, which has made him angry.
Scene 5:
The Queen agrees to speak with Ophelia, however Ophelia's orrational behaviour and incoherent speech shocks the king. Which then makes it sound like Ophelia has now gone mad. Laertes then arrives and threatens the King because he is angry about his death of his father, He then see's Ophelia in a state and the king takes him away to talk to him in private.
Scene four must be an important moment for Hamlet if it makes him angry. Remember to show how the tragedy is developing.
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