Claudius now wants Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to take Hamlet to England on a political mission. They accede to his command and leave. Polonius now enters. He tells Claudius he will hide behind a curtain while Hamlet speaks to his mother. Now Claudius, believing he is alone, confesses his crime to heaven. There is a futility in his gesture. Does he not have the crown, the wealth and the Queen? What good is repentance with all these things? Hamlet comes, knowing Claudius' guilt. But he does not wish to kill him at the moment, while he is praying. For if he did, perhaps he would send Claudius to heaven. He would rather choose a less spiritually propitious moment and dispatch him.....
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