NATURAL+ACT+III

By : Collin Falvey

__=Natuarl -vs- Unnatural =__

Act III
**1) **Act III, Scene I, pages 121-131****: "Queen: //And for your part Ophelia....//, Polonius: "//Ophelia, you walk here.-Gracious, so please you, We will bestow ourselves . Read on this book.....//" The whole situation here between the deceiving trio (Claudius, Polonius, and Ophelia) and Hamlet is about deception and a ploy to read Hamlet in an indirect way. The idea was to have Ophelia happen to be in the same room as Hamlet, and then to see if Hamlet's madness is driven by his love for her. The lines above in this plot, are creating a false state of being or a false event to entrap Hamlet in. In reality, Ophelia wouldn't want to be involved in ending their relationship and adding to Hamlet's state of "madness". The trio has created an unrealistic situation. Lines 39-45 above, set the scene for it's falsehood by stating clearly the role that Ophelia is to take in the set up. From that tiny start of orders to be fake, reality quickly falls as the scene progresses. media type="youtube" key="mxpDwbZScmw" height="344"

**2) Act III, Scene II, pages 137** "Hamlet: //There is a play tonight before King. One scene of it comes near circumstance Which I have told thee of my father's death.//" This part of Act III is the best of both worlds when it comes to talking about the motif of Natural vs Unnatural. In this scene there is a play to be put on for the royal court as Hamlet states above to Horatio. Plays, being something unnatural, yet the play proves to provoke emotions of something that was very realistic, the death of the king. His death was unnatural, and so is the play. Yet, through the direction of Hamlet to the players, they were able bring out emotions of the King and Queen, to bring reality to and unrealistic situation.

**3) Act III, Scene IV, Pages 169-185**" Hamlet: //Nor sense to ecstasy was ne'er so thralled,//" This is where the heat of the moment happens. The climax has been reached and now the following events are ready to fall. Hamlet is here to kill his mom with vocal daggers to bring guilt upon her. While doing so, he constantly brings up how unnatural it is for her to marry so soon after his fathers deaths, and to Claudius, of all people. Line 75 above, boldly brings forth this point. He brings on a point of conviction, by asking the Queen how she could have been tricked to choosing between his father and the newly assumed king.