... good friends.? [II.ii.224]-but he quickly senses that they, unlike Horatio, have changed with time. After this, he treats them as the tools they have become? (Mack 265). Hamlet realizes that these two are being used by Claudius to dupe him into going to England with the ulterior motive of having the King of England execute him. While they ... are divulged into the king's affairs, Hamlet switches the execution notes. The following day, pirates take Hamlet captive. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern continue their voyage to England and this trip proves to be their last ... . Shakespeare Survey,...

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... he is cold and tired from the many hours of guarding the castle. Soon after, another watchman named Marcellus joins Bernardo and also Heratio, who is a friend of the prince Hamlet. Bernardo and Marcellus want Heratio to stay on guard with them because they feel that they have something shocking to show him, the ghost of the recently passed away King ... be his father's spirit. The ghost wants Hamlet to avenge his death. The ghost states that he was killed by ear poison when Claudius dumped some in his ear while he was sleeping. ACT 2 SCENE 1 Characters: Polonius, Ophelia, Reynaldo Setti...

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... Horatio what really happened on the way to England. (He stole the letters that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were taking to the King of England, which instructed the king to kill Hamlet. Hamlet, our hero, immediately wrote out several new letters and sealed them using his signet. The new letters ordered that the two men accompanying him should be put to death). This ... Laertes. Both have been poisoned. As Laertes is dying he tells Hamlet about the poison and blames Claudius. Hamlet is now aware of everything. Hamlet kills the Claudius, finally avenging his father's death! Next Hamlet re...

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Chapter Summaries with Notes Act One Scene 1: The Coin Spin Summary Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two well-dressed Elizabethan men in the middle of a coin-spinning game. ... smoothly getting them to reveal everything about their purpose at the castle. Rosencrantz derisively points out how useless their practice with the game of Questions had been. They discuss Hamlet's famous statement, "I am but mad north-northwest. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw." They begin to reason that the weather must ... murdering a "Polonius" figure. Throughout the pantomime, he describe...

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