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To what extent is Act 3 Scene 2 pivotal to Hamlet?
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"To what extent is Act 3 Scene 2 pivotal to Hamlet?" In this essay I will discuss to what extent is act 3 scenes 2 pivotal to "Hamlet". First I will give a brief introduction to the play up to act 3 scenes 2. In Act 1 Hamlet is mourning from the death of his father King Hamlet who died two months ago and is angry that his mother Gertrude has already remarried his uncle Claudius the present King so soon after his father's death. Hamlet then sees his father in the form of a ghost. The ghost of King Hamlet tells him that he was poisoned by King Claudius, the current ruler of Denmark. The ghost tells Hamlet to avenge his death but not to punish Queen Gertrude for remarrying; it is not Hamlet's place and her conscience and heaven will judge her. Hamlet swears to avenge his father's death. In Act...
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