FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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no longer trusts Claudius
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is anxious that Hamlet might harm her next
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maintains her greater allegiance to Claudius
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knows that Hamlet will need help burying the body
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Detailed explanation-1: -As Horatio speaks to the sailors, Claudius and a calmer Laertes discuss Polonius’s death. Claudius explains that he acted as he did, burying Polonius secretly and not punishing Hamlet for the murder, because both the common people and the queen love Hamlet very much.
Detailed explanation-2: -What does Gertrude tell Claudius? She tells him that Hamlet has killed Polonius.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gertrude informs Claudius of Polonius’s death and Claudius realises that it could have been him if he had been there (L13). Claudius is more fearful that he will be blamed for Hamlets actions rather than showing emotion at the death of Polonius (L16-18).
Detailed explanation-4: -Polonius then tells Gertrude and Claudius that he thinks Hamlet’s behavior is due to his feelings for Ophelia. They hatch a plan to figure out what’s really going on: Polonius will send Ophelia to talk to the mad Hamlet and prove once and for all that he’s crazy with love.