Hamlet Act 3 Scene 4

William Shakespeare left the evidence of a brilliant mind and a wicked sense of humor with his play "Hamlet." The play focuses on the main character who tries to revenge his father's death. Among the many scenes in the play, I propose to analyze Act 3, Scene 4 of Hamlet and prove that it is one of the pivot scenes in the play. The scene takes place after he sees Claudius praying and doesn't kill him as his sins have been forgiven.

With the series of events that happen in the scene, this can clearly be declared as a pivot scene in the play. The scene takes place inside the queen's, Gertrude, room. Polonius advises Gertrude to be tough with Hamlet and hides. In the previous scene, we find out that Claudius knows that Hamlet found out the truth …show more content…
Hearing Gertrude, Polonius calls for help. This alerts Hamlet that someone was hiding behind the curtains, and stabs Polonius thinking he was Claudius. This part of the scene proves that Hamlet is not afraid of killing, and it didn't cause him to be delayed. Also, this is Hamlet's first kill who was Polonius, Hamlet's lover Ophelia's father. The scene suggests that Hamlet has reached to a new level and now has even experienced murder. Even though he kills Polonius, he doesn't seem to care much and continues to attack his mother for her remarriage. The queen begs the prince to stop. Shakespeare makes it look like Hamlet's anger at his mother's betrayal ranks above his goal for revenge. Then the ghost appears to make Hamlet recall on his duty; not to hurt the queen. Hamlet and the ghost have a little chat, but Gertrude sees Hamlet going crazy talking to her dead husband who, she thinks, isn't there. The queen can't see the ghost which makes the scene more interesting. The castle guards and Horatio saw the ghost but the queen doesn't. Continuing with his act, Hamlet begs his mother to confess her sins and avoid sleeping with Claudius. Moreover, Hamlet threatens the queen to keep the secret that he, Hamlet, is not actually mad. The scene ends with Hamlet dragging Polonius's cold body out, as he wishes his mom a good night.

The discussion of the queen and the prince in a room is the main scene. Hamlet, full of rage kills Polonius and carrying the fire he accused his mother of remarriage. Hamlet was able to control himself only because the ghost appeared, or else something might have happened to the queen. Hamlet did his first murder, the ghost appears, the queen has a hint that Hamlet is not actually mad, and Hamlet drags Polonius body outside the room trying to hide it makes the scene an important part of the