ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Rosencrantz and Guildenstern enter the scene, having been sent by Claudius in the previous scene to find Hamlet and bring the body of Polonius to the chapel in the castle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Claudius asks Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to find Hamlet and bring back Polonius’ dead body to the chapel.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are hot on Hamlet’s trail, and we can hear them shouting “Hamlet! Lord Hamlet!” Soon enough, they appear and ask Hamlet what he’s done with the body of Polonius. They tell him that they want to take the body to the chapel.

Detailed explanation-4: -Act 3, scene 3 Claudius orders Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to take Hamlet to England. Polonius tells Claudius of his plans to spy on Hamlet’s conversation with Gertrude.

Detailed explanation-5: -When Claudius first asks Hamlet where he put Polonius’ body, Hamlet tells him he is at supper. He explains that he is not eating but being eaten himself by worms. Hamlet uses this analogy of worms eating a body to describe the fact that Polonius is dead.