In high school I read hamlet and I found it very intriguing, but I was still interested to reread it four years later to see if my perspective has changed. I knew there was one specific scene I wanted to read and that is the Act IV scene VII. In this scene it starts with Claudius and Laertes plotting on how they will kill Hamlet, since he killed a dear friend to Laertes, even though Claudius does not care as much, he does care about getting rid of Hamlet.
They plan to make Hamlets death look like an accident and therefore, they plan to put poison on the end of a sword, that is lethal, even with the tiniest scratch. They come up with a backup plan in the case Laertes fails to get even a scratch on Hamlet. The backup plan is to poison a cup of wine that Hamlet would drink.
The end of this scene is where Queen Gertrude, Hamlets mother, tells Hamlet about the death of Ophelia. This scene is intriguing because no one is quite sure what happened. Some think that she committed suicide or that is was an unfortunate accident or it was a set up plan. The most intriguing part is how much detail Gertrude goes into Ophelia’s death like she was sitting there while it happened.
While Laertes is in grief of what he just heard, Claudius takes this as his opportunity to win Laertes once in for all and convince him to get rid of Hamlet. His speech in fact, wins Laertes over. The plan is set to kill Hamlet since Claudius’s first plan has failed.
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