Board 8 > Save My Hamlet Scene - Day 13

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up to 2 saves per hour.
2 saves from unique users to be safe.
last scene is eliminated.

1.1 - ghost appears during night watch
1.5 - ghost describes murder, Hamlet swears revenge; oath
2.2 - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern; fishmonger; players arrive; "rogue and peasant slave"
3.1 - "to be or not to be"; nunnery
3.4 - Hamlet berates Gertrude; kills Polonius; ghost appears to Hamlet only
4.5 - Ophelia's madness; Laertes demands vengeance
5.1 - Gravediggers; Laertes jumps into the grave; Hamlet jumps into the grave
5.2 - Hamlet explains how he got R&G killed; duel; everyone dies; Fortinbras becomes king

Eliminated:
9. 3.2 - The Mousetrap
10. 4.7 - Claudius persuades Laertes to follow his plan for killing Hamlet; Ophelia drowns
11. 1.2 - wedding banquet; Hamlet learns about ghost; "sullied/solid flesh"
12. 4.6 - Horatio reads letter from Hamlet about being captured by pirates
13. 3.3 - Claudius confesses and prays; "now might I do it pat"
14. 4.3 - Hamlet eventually reveals where he put the body; Claudius plans to have Hamlet killed in England
15. 1.3 - sending Laertes off; advice for Ophelia
16. 1.4 - waiting for ghost; ghost beckons Hamlet to follow
17. 4.4 - Fortinbras on his way to Poland; "how all occasions do inform against me"
18. 4.2 - R & G beg Hamlet to tell them where he put Polonius's body
19. 2.1 - Reynaldo; Ophelio affrighted
20. 4.1 - Gertrude tells Claudius what happened; Claudius determines to send Hamlet away

A major scene, and a fun one as any with a lot of mad Hamlet will be. After cursing himself for his inaction his next move is... to watch and wait. Did he ever really need confirmation of the murder or is he just delaying again? I'd say more than Claudius, his concern is on Gertrude's guilt, hence the focus on the player queen in what we saw of the play, and the direct interrogation for her response. There's a lot open to interpretation, which is fitting for this scene about interpretation. Nothing in the script gives a definitive answer, and much of it comes down to choices in the physical performance. Hamlet also spoils his plan somewhat, and to a particularly great degree in the 1980 adaptation I'm watching. Derek Jacobi's Hamlet is incredibly disruptive during the performance, and the king could reasonably have risen because of Hamlets antics rather than false fire. Patrick Stewart's Claudius calmly asks for light, and shines it on Hamlet's face with a disapproving shake of the head before leaving. It's very ambiguous, yet Hamlet is confident that his plan worked (Horatio's line is more ambiguous and dependent on delivery), which supports that he didn't actually need confirmation.

Also, the bit about the recorder is gold.
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1.1
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Remaining:
*1.1 - ghost appears during night watch
*1.5 - ghost describes murder, Hamlet swears revenge; oath
*3.1 - "to be or not to be"; nunnery
3.4 - Hamlet berates Gertrude; kills Polonius; ghost appears to Hamlet only
*4.5 - Ophelia's madness; Laertes demands vengeance
*5.1 - Gravediggers; Laertes jumps into the grave; Hamlet jumps into the grave
*5.2 - Hamlet explains how he got R&G killed; duel; everyone dies; Fortinbras becomes king
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Remaining:
*1.1 - ghost appears during night watch
*1.5 - ghost describes murder, Hamlet swears revenge; oath
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