<P> Gertrude summons Hamlet to her room to demand an explanation . Meanwhile, Claudius talks to himself about the impossibility of repenting, since he still has possession of his ill - gotten goods: his brother's crown and wife . He sinks to his knees . Hamlet, on his way to visit his mother, sneaks up behind him, but does not kill him, reasoning that killing Claudius while he is praying will send him straight to heaven while his father's ghost is stuck in purgatory . In the queen's bedchamber, Hamlet and Gertrude fight bitterly . Polonius, spying on the conversation from behind a tapestry, makes a noise . </P> <P> Hamlet, believing it is Claudius, stabs wildly, killing Polonius, but pulls aside the curtain and sees his mistake . In a rage, Hamlet brutally insults his mother for her apparent ignorance of Claudius's villainy, but the ghost enters and reprimands Hamlet for his inaction and harsh words . Unable to see or hear the ghost herself, Gertrude takes Hamlet's conversation with it as further evidence of madness . After begging the queen to stop sleeping with Claudius, Hamlet leaves, dragging Polonius's corpse away . </P> <P> Hamlet jokes with Claudius about where he has hidden Polonius's body, and the king, fearing for his life, sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to accompany Hamlet to England with a sealed letter to the English king requesting that Hamlet be executed immediately . </P> <P> Demented by grief at Polonius's death, Ophelia wanders Elsinore . Laertes arrives back from France, enraged by his father's death and his sister's madness . Claudius convinces Laertes that Hamlet is solely responsible, but a letter soon arrives indicating that Hamlet has returned to Denmark, foiling Claudius' plan . Claudius switches tactics, proposing a fencing match between Laertes and Hamlet to settle their differences . Laertes will be given a poison - tipped foil, and Claudius will offer Hamlet poisoned wine as a congratulation if that fails . Gertrude interrupts to report that Ophelia has drowned, though it is unclear whether it was suicide or an accident exacerbated by her madness . </P>

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