Act 3 scene 4

This last scene in act three reaches the climax of the play. The scene first starts out with polonius telling gertrude what to say such as how his pranks have been causing too much trouble. Hamlet is coming so polonius hides behind the tapestry. Hamlet comes in and asks his mother what this is all about and gertrude tries to tell hamlet how he has insulted his father. Hamlet continues on telling his mother how she has insulted his father. Gertrude gets the idea that hamlet is going to try and kill her because he is acting foolishness and crazy again. Gertrude starts screaming for help and polonius hears this and started screaming help also. Hamlet then takes his sword and stabs it through the tapestry and kills polonius. the play reaches its first murder and its not claudius who hamlet thought it was. Hamlet believed the king was sneaking up on him again. Gertrude tells him he just commited a horrible act and hamlet says the death of a king is a horrible act too. Hamlet tells polonius he got what he deserved and life will beb quite now without him. Hamlets feelings are not touched at all for this horrible act. Hamlet then tries to show his mother a picture of two brothers and how they seemed happy and have good qualities. Hamlet tries to explain to his mom how he knows she still loves old king hamlet and how she can't just get over him that quickly. Does gertrude have eyes or feeings? Has she seen what she has done? Hamlet wants to know why his mom has been so paralyzed and has not felt any emotions over old king hamlet's death. Gertrude demands him to stop and she said the marks of her sins have been washed away deep in her soul. A ghost enters and hamlets starts to talk to it but gertrude says she cant see the ghost. she may be lying but the ghost may be all in hamlets head. It could even be his own conscience talking and him finally realizing his true words. Towards the end of the scene gertrude starts to believe in hamlet and asks him what she should do?

-Kelley O'Donnell