Polonius hides as Hamlet visits his mother. When she calls for help, Polonius calls out and Hamlet kills him with his sword through the arras. Moments later, he discovers he has killed Polonius. Hamlet bitterly berates Gertrude, saying her blood, with age, should be tame enough to temper her love with wisdom. He dwells on her fiendish, incestuous acts until she herself tells him- enough! She now sees how black her soul is. The Ghost then appears. Gertrude, seeing him talking, thinks that he is mad and asks to whom he speaks. He tells her of the Ghost but she thinks he has contrived it with his mind. He asks her to repent and to refrain from his uncle's bed. No matter what happens, she must not tell the King that.....
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