Act 2 scene 2 Flashcards
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Act 2 scene 2
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- C&G hire rosencrantz and guildenstern to spy on hamlet
- Fortinbras agres not to disturb denmark as long as he and his men can go through on way to poland
- Polonius tells c&g about hamlet madness is caused by love for ophelia - reads them a letter - they arrange a meeting of hamlet and ophelia
- r&g tell hamlet about the players coming to elsnor and he arranges play within a play (moustrap)
- Hamlets soliloquy - lack of action against the task his father gave him
‘Though this be madness, yet there is method in it’