The rest is silence. Take up the bodies: such a sight as this Becomes the field, but here shows much amiss. Go, bid the soldiers shoot. The Norway Subplot of Hamlet. Shakespeare Online. From here on, he will shed his attachment to the words that cause a deed's "currents to turn awry and lose the name of action. The first section identifies Hamlet's mission: revenge. The second section exhorts him to act. Hamlet must stop over-thinking events and recognize in himself the strength, and means to complete the required act.
The third section sets Fortinbras' example of how Hamlet should act. The fourth section specifies Hamlet's perplexity over the Poles' and Norwegians' willingness to die for so little in contrast to his own inability to act on so much.
Disgusted with himself for having failed to gain his revenge on Claudius, Hamlet declares that from this moment on, his thoughts will be bloody. As we saw in Act IV, scene ii, the murder of Polonius and the subsequent traumatic encounter with his mother seem to leave Hamlet in a frantic, unstable frame of mind, the mode in which his excitable nature seems very similar to actual madness.
He also pretends to be thrilled at the idea of sailing for England with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. On some level he is prepared for what is to come. Again, where King Hamlet was a brave warrior, King Claudius is a crafty politician, constantly working to strengthen his own power, circumvent threats to his throne, and manipulate those around him to his own advantage.
Act IV, scene iv restores the focus of the play to the theme of human action. Now, he is awestruck by the willingness of Fortinbras to devote the energy of an entire army, probably wasting hundreds of lives and risking his own, to reclaim a worthless scrap of land in Poland. Of course, he fails to put this exclamation into action, as he has failed at every previous turn to achieve his revenge on Claudius.
Ace your assignments with our guide to Hamlet! In a fury, Hamlet runs the sword through Claudius, yelling, "Venom to they work. Hamlet then goes to Laertes, who is nearly dead. The two forgive one another so that neither will prevent the other from entering heaven. Laertes dies, and Horatio rushes to Hamlet's side. Hamlet tells Horatio that he is dead, and asks that Horatio "tell my story. Hamlet tells Horatio to ensure that the Danish crown passes to Fortinbras. With the words "The rest is silence," Hamlet dies.
Horatio wishes him a gentle rest and turns his attention to Fortinbras and the English ambassadors, who have also arrived to announce that the English government has executed Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Fortinbras, appalled by the sight of the mayhem that greets him, "with sorrow" recognizes his right to wear the crown of Denmark, which Horatio will corroborate with Hamlet's words. Fortinbras orders that Hamlet be given military honors, "with music and rite of war.
Maynard Mack says that in the last act of the play "Hamlet accepts his world and we discover a different man.
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