10 questions 100 POINTS! Please help me! Guided questions Hamlet The Tragedy of Hamlet by William Shakespeare

ACT IV & V

Answer the following questions regarding Acts IV & V in complete sentences.

Cite proof from the text of the play to support your answer. Proof needs to be quoted directly from the play and followed by the Act, Scene, and Lines.

1. When King Claudius learns of the death of Polonius at the hands of Hamlet, what is the king’s primary concern?

2. Why does Hamlet call Rosencrantz a sponge when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern find Hamlet after he disposed of the corpse of Polonius?

3. What order does King Claudius put in a letter to be sent along with Hamlet to be followed once Hamlet, who is being escorted by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, arrives in England?

4. Where is Prince Fortinbras going with his army when Hamlet encounters him as both travel through Denmark?

5. How does Ophelia react to the death of her father Polonius?

6. How does Laertes react to the death of his father Polonius?

7. What happened to Hamlet while he was sailing to England that caused him to be returned to Denmark?

8. What is the plan devised by King Claudius and Laertes to avenge the death of Polonius?

9. For whom are the gravediggers preparing a grave? How did that person die?

10. At the end of the play, who claims the throne of Elsinore as the ruler of Denmark?