Act 3 Scenes 3 & 4

1. It is a turning point because it is when Claudius realizes that Hamlet knows he murdered his father.

2. Exposition - This is when we are first introduced to the characters and the whole situation. Two guards are on watch and they tell Marcellus and Horatio of the ghost that has been appearing. Horatio then goes to Hamlet to tell him of the ghost that looks like his father. We find out how Hamlet feels about Claudius and the marriage. Claudius gives a speech of how he feels about King Hamlet's death. Polonius and Laertes warn Ophelia to stay away from Hamlet. The ghost appears again and Hamlet follows it to find out what it has to say.

Inciting Event - When Hamlet speaks to the ghost and finds out that Claudius murdered his father. The ghost tells Hamlet that he must seek revenge for his father.

Rising Action - 1. Hamlet acts crazy. He shows up in Ophelia's room half-naked showing that perhaps he is mad because he is so in love with her. 2. Hamlet shows Claudius a play in attempt to get him to confess to the murder. 3. Hamlet sees that Claudius is upset by the play and is prepared to kill him, but he is unable to because he can see that Claudius is praying.

1. He plans to send them to England to be killed.

2. Polonius plans on spying on Hamlet and his mother to hear what they have to say.

3. a. This is the first time Claudius actually admits to killing his brother.
b. Perhaps Claudius feels a little guilty about killing his brother.
c. If it wasn't for him forcing himself to pray, then he would have been killed by Hamlet right then and there.

4. It is odd because the King just said that he can't pray.

5. He doesn't take this opportunity for revenge because he feels like he would be doing the king a favor if he killed him now by sending him to heaven. He wants to murder the king when he is in an act of crime or sinning to send him to hell.

6. Polonius tells the queen to be blunt and say that he has caused eveyone and especially the king a lot of trouble.

7. This quote is said when Hamlet finds out that Polonius is spying on him. He calls him a rat (because he's spying as he always seems to be doing) and then says he's a dead rat now and kills him.

8. What is odd is that it seems as if Hamlet is possibly blaming his mother for killing her husband..perhaps he is just so shocked and frusterated at everything that is happening that he points blame to her.

9. Gertrude might say that because she doesn't know why Hamlet is so angry at her. She is clueless. Everyone is just using her. She doesn't know yet that Claudius killed her husband.

10. He says his father is like a curly haired Greek god and that his eye could command the god of war. He compares him to Claudius who is like a mildewed ear of corn.

11. He makes the point that his father was an honorable, heroic man while Claudius is a worthless piece of scum who is greedy and does things for his own self gain.

12. What is disturbing is that he is speaking in a little more detail than needed of his mother making love to his uncle.

13. The ghost. He reminds Hamlet of what his duty is and to not push his mother any further for she is just a woman and her body is weak with horrid imagination.

14. "Do not spread the compost on weeds to make them ranker." Right here he is saying that they should not make Denmark anymore corrupt than it is. This is ironic because he is the one who wants to kill the present king, thus making it easy to become overtaken by another country. This will cause the destruction of humanity.

15. The ghost in Act 1 appears a lot and is described in detail. It can also can be seen by all of the guards and Hamlet. In Act 3 the ghost appears very briefly and can only be seen by Hamlet. This makes Hamlet seem even more insane because it appears that he is talking to himself. Both the ghosts have the same intentions of murdering Claudius.