Hamlet by William Shakespeare | Act 3, Scene 1 Summary & Analysis — Transcript

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1. 0:00[Music]
2. 0:08in act 3 scene one of Hamlet Claudius
3. 0:13and Gertrude interrogate Rosencrantz and
4. 0:15Guildenstern about their discussion with
5. 0:17Hamlet they don't have much to report
6. 0:20other than that Hamlet was interested by
7. 0:23the acting company and that he asked
8. 0:25them to perform that evening when they
9. 0:29leave he sends Gertrude off so that he
10. 0:31Polonius and Ophelia can plan the chance
11. 0:34meeting between Ophelia and Hamlet to
12. 0:37test whether it's Hamlet's love for
13. 0:39Ophelia that's making him behave oddly
14. 0:42they tell aphelion to stroll the hall
15. 0:45reading a book while they hide nearby
16. 0:48Hamlet eventually appears lost in his
17. 0:50thoughts and apparently contemplating
18. 0:53suicide this is where Hamlet gives one
19. 0:56of the most famous soliloquies ever to
20. 0:59be or not to be seeing Ophelia he
21. 1:04interrupts his thoughts to speak with
22. 1:06her Oh feeling a try is giving back some
23. 1:08gifts but suspicious of her motives
24. 1:11Hamlet denies they are from him and that
25. 1:14he ever loved her the to have an
26. 1:16impassioned discussion reeling in
27. 1:19confusion and a mutual feeling of
28. 1:21betrayal which culminates with Hamlet
29. 1:24saying the famous line get thee to a
30. 1:27nunnery Claudius and Polonius come to
31. 1:30Ophelia side shocked by what they have
32. 1:33witnessed Polonius insists Hamlet's love
33. 1:37for Ophelia is at the root of his
34. 1:39madness
35. 1:40Claudius becoming paranoid begins to
36. 1:43suspect Hamlet may know something he
37. 1:47decides to send Hamlet to England
38. 1:50fearing he may end up being a threat
39. 1:53Polonius suggests that Hamlet speak with
40. 1:55his mother while Polonius spies on them
41. 1:59Claudius consents
42. 2:01this scene contains the to be or not to
43. 2:05be soliloquy which effectively describes
44. 2:07both the scene and the play during this
45. 2:11soliloquy Hamlet is at his most
46. 2:13sorrowful and weary with these words
47. 2:16Hamlet contemplates how a person deals
48. 2:19with what he calls a weary stale flat
49. 2:22and unprofitable world while audiences
50. 2:27generally interpret this as
51. 2:29contemplating suicide it could also be
52. 2:32the question of being true to oneself
53. 2:34which fits pretty well with the truth
54. 2:36versus deception theme for example
55. 2:39Rosencrantz and Guildenstern aren't
56. 2:42living very truthfully spying on their
57. 2:44friend
58. 2:45likewise almost everything Claudius and
59. 2:48Polonius do is based on deceit
60. 2:50although Polonius uses to seek to
61. 2:53protect his appearance and good standing
62. 2:55his meddling and Hamlet and Ophelia
63. 2:58offenders Claudius has abandoned truth
64. 3:02asking to pardon his sin as long as he
65. 3:05can keep the reward the throne even
66. 3:07Afilias coerced into dishonesty although
67. 3:11because she's a woman of the time young
68. 3:14and naive it's more compliance than
69. 3:16dishonesty
70. 3:21you