Summary Act IV
Subscribe for ad free access & additional features for teachers. Authors: 267, Books: 3,607, Poems & Short Stories: 4,435, Forum Members: 71,154, Forum Posts: 1,238,602, Quizzes: 344 SCENE 1 Speaking with Gertrude, Claudius discovers the extent of Hamlet's deeds. He immediately commissions Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to find Hamlet, to be gentle with him, and to recover Polonius' corpse. Claudius assures Gertrude that the matter will be handled delicately and with tact, sparing the royal house of any slander that may come its way. SCENE 2 Having found Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern demand the whereabouts of Polonius' dead body. Hamlet is offended that he, the son of a king, the next in line to Denmark's throne, must answer to the king's servants whose groveling ways he cannot ab
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