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A summary of Act IV: Scene vii in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Hamlet and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Hamlet’s letter to Claudius reveals that he has been “set naked on [Claudius’s] kingdom”—in other words, he’s returned to Denmark with no money or possessions. Hamlet asks to meet with the king the next day to explain his “sudden and strange return.”
Act IV, Scene 7: Claudius and Laertes enter, discussing Polonius’s death. Laertes now agrees that Claudius is not at fault but wonders why he did not openly punish Hamlet. Claudius explains that ...
10 Which may to you perhaps seem much unsinewed, But yet to me they are strong. The queen his mother. Lives almost by his looks, and for myself—. My virtue or my plague, be it either which—. She’s so conjunctive to my life and soul, 15 That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, I could not but by her.
A summary of Act IV: Scenes iii & iv in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Hamlet and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Book 4, Chapter 1, Part 1 Summary. Flem finally returns to town, bringing with him a herd of ponies and a Texan horse hand. The ponies are vicious and untamed, but the Texan insists that they will settle down in a few days.
Scene 7. Elsinore. Another room in Elsinore castle. (King; Laertes; Messenger; Queen) Claudius has convinced Laertes that Hamlet is entirely to blame, and explains that he could not punish the prince because of Gertrude’s love for him, as well as the esteem of the populace. He proposes that Laertes undertake a private revenge, serving them both.
