Act III Notes

• King Claudius and Polonius send Ophelia to try to get information from Hamlet, after Rosencrantz and Guildenstern  report to them that Hamlet seemed ok to them.
• Hamlet said that he used to love Ophelia
• Hamlet says "To Be or Not to Be"
• After hearing Hamlet and Ophelia's conversation King Claudius decides that Hamlet is a danger to him and decides to send him away.
• Ophelia is a little dumbfounded after their conversation.
• Hamlet tells Horatio about to pay attention to King Claudius and Queen Gertrude and he informs Horatio of King Claudius killing King Hamlet.
• King Claudius admits to his son.
• Hamlet doesn't kill Claudius even though he had a chance but accidentally kills Polonius instead.
• Why did Claudius have to die rather than King Claudius? Does Hamlet have any hiden feeling about the death of Polonius?