| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s Report to the King and Queen | Hamlet admits that he is depressed but won’t answer questions about why, specifically. |
| Polonius, Claudius and Ophelia’s Plan | Spy on Hamlet while he talks to Ophelia to see if he is in fact mad for her love. |
| Hamlet’s Soliloquy | Hamlet contemplates whether patient endurance of wrong is more honorable than courageous opposition. |
| Hamlet’s Argument Against Suicide | What if death is worse than life? |
| Hamlet’s Reasons for Being Cruel to Ophelia | Hamlet is angered that Ophelia gave him his love letters back and begins to suspect her of helping others to spy on him. |
| Hamlet’s Threat to Polonius | “I say we will have no more marriage. Those that are married already– all but one– shall live.” |
| King Claudius’s Plan for Hamlet | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern will take him to England so that he can collect an unpaid debt from England. Maybe the voyage will benefit him. |
Hamlet: Act 3, scene 1
July 12, 2019