Read and Response 10/30/11

Act 3 Scene 3 
      Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius while he's praying?

He didn’t kill Claudius while he was praying because he thinks he will go to heaven if he does, but he wanted him to go to hell, for killing his father.

Act 4 Scene 3
Practice the Reading Strategy from class and paraphrase Act 4 Scene 3 in only three sentences. Identify the most important details! 

Well Claudius wanted to know what happened to Polonius so he started to interrogate Hamlet. He finds out that Polonius is dead and Claudius sends Hamlet away. When he left Claudius wrote a letter telling someone to kill Hamlet.

Act 4 Scene 5
How do Ophelia and Laertes react to the death of their father? How do you think you would react in such a situation? Whose reaction would you be most like, Laertes or Ophelia?

Laertes was ready to fight and Ophelia went crazy. This actually happened to me and I acted like Laertes and was ready to fight.

Act 4 Scenes 6-7
Laertes and Claudius come up with a plot to kill Hamlet. What is this murder plan?

The plan was in the fencing match they would put poison on the end of the sword and when they stabbed him it would kill him.