- Claudius and Gertrude ask Hamlet's old friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to find out what's bothering him. Polonius says it's Ophelia.
- It is reported that the King of Norway stopped his nephew Fortinbras, who promised not to attack the Danes.
- Polonius reads love letters Hamlet sent to Ophelia.His parents agree to spy on a conversation between Ophelia and Hamlet.
- Hamlet tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Denmark feels like a prison and figures out his parents sent them to check up on him.
- Hamlet cheers up a little when Rosencrantz mentions the arrival of a troupe of players (actors). Hamlet says his mother is wrong and he's only insane some of the time
- Hamlet privately asks the First Player to perform The Murder of Gonzago on the following night, with some extra lines Hamlet will insert himself.
- Hamlet is furious about his inability to get revenge--he decides to have the players show a scene similar to Claudius's murder of his father:
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