Hailey

Act II, scene ii In the beginning of Act II scene II King Claudius and Queen Gertrude invite Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two of Hamlets old friends who he has not seen in a while to the castle to “cheer him up”. When actually the King has brought them there to spy on Hamlet. Meanwhile Claudius has a decision to make about whether or not to let the Norwegian army pass through Denmark in order to attack the polish. He tells Fortinbras he will attend to the matter later. Hamlet is also acting crazy at this point. He has a conversation with Polonius and calls him a fishmonger and also pretends to not recognize him. He also meets up with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern who try to make him believe they came just to visit him. But they do confess that they were sent by the King and Queen. Then there is a play

Act Dear diary, Today I have never been more scared of Hamlet. Maybe my father and brother are right about him. Maybe his intentions are not pure, maybe he is going mad. I have never seen such a look in anyone’s eye. It was as though he was starring through my eyes and into my soul, but not in a romantic way, in a manic way. He latched onto my wrists and starting throwing my body back and forwards like I was some misbehaving child only he was rougher with me. I was afraid he was going to strike me, luckily he did not. Not once did he ever take his eyes away from me. Even when he went to leave the room his eyes were still staring into my soul in that manic gawk and yet he somehow swiftly found his way out the door without ever taking his gaze away from mine. I was behind him and he had never been in that room before. I do not know how he did it. I was petrified. Where had this come from? Something terrible is going on with Hamlet. I know it. ~OPHELIA~