It lightens the mood after the extremely tense and emotional Act 3 Scene 1, and before we get into the equally emotional scenes around the Mousetrap play.
They are friends of Hamlet's from school.
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hamlet says that he would never betray one of his friends.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Hamlet's childhood friends. Claudius sends them to spy on Hamlet.
The play which Hamlet orders the players to perform is called "The Murder of Gonzago". Hamlet intends that the play (already similar in many respects) should be made even more similar to "The Murder of King Hamlet by his brother Claudius" so as to "catch the conscience of the king" Gonzago represents King Hamlet, Hamlet's father, while Claudius is represented by "Lucianus, a nephew of the king"
He arranged for their deaths.
He arranged to have them killed.
The Murder of Gonzago. Hamlet nicknames it The Mousetrap.
Theatrical ones like Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.
They are friends of Hamlet's from school.
Horatio is Hamlet's most trusted friend. Hamlet tells him everything about the ghost that he saw and the plans for revenge that he has against Claudius. Laertes is also one of Hamlet's friends but they fight during the play because of what Hamlet did to Ophelia and because Hamlet killed Polonius.
They are University friends.
hamlet, othello and king lear
Claudius arranged for Rosencrantz And Guildenstern to take Hamlet to England with a letter that says to kill Hamlet. The letter is to be given to the King of England, but Hamlet steals the letter on the boat ride over, and replaces it with one that says to kill the bearer of this letter.
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hamlet says that he would never betray one of his friends.
1601 november 8 in england theater