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  1. Hamlet stages a play to test Claudius's guilt, but the king reacts to the story, not the performance. Hamlet also insults Ophelia and prepares to confront Gertrude.

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  2. Scene 1. Act Two begins with Polonius speaking to one of his servants, Reynaldo, about his son, Laertes, who has by this time returned to Paris. We see Polonius in the act of sending Reynaldo after Laertes to inquire into his son’s conduct. He instructs Reynaldo very precisely in the method of obtaining this information.

  3. Hamlet devises a plan to test Claudius's guilt by having the actors perform a play that resembles his father's murder. He taunts Ophelia and sits next to her during the performance, while Claudius and Gertrude watch nervously.

  4. His cruelty toward both Ophelia and Gertrude seems at least as motivated by a deep-seated and virulent hatred of women as by the logic of the revenge plot. Act Three, then, gives us Hamlet as his most sublime, in his meditations on death, and his most inexcusably depraved, in his cruelty toward the women. Next Section Act 4 Summary and Analysis ...

  5. Jun 2, 2020 · Act 3, scene 2. ⌜ Scene 2 ⌝. Synopsis: Hamlet gives direction to the actors and asks Horatio to help him observe Claudius’s reaction to the play. When the court arrive, Hamlet makes bawdy and bitter comments to Ophelia. The traveling actors perform, in dumb show and then with dialogue, a story that includes many elements of Claudius’s ...

  6. Read the summary and analysis of Act 3 of Hamlet, Shakespeare's tragedy about revenge and madness. Learn about Hamlet's soliloquy, his plan to trap Claudius, and his encounter with Ophelia and the players.

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