What happened in Act 1 Scene 2 of Hamlet?
Correspondingly, what happened in Act 2 of Hamlet?
Summary: Act II, scene ii. Within the castle, Claudius and Gertrude welcome Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two of Hamlet's friends from Wittenberg. He has therefore sent a request back to Claudius that Prince Fortinbras's armies be allowed safe passage through Denmark on their way to attack the Poles.
In this manner, what happens in Act 1 of Hamlet?
Act 1 establishes these plot points: The new king, Hamlet's uncle, murdered Hamlet's father. His father's ghost appears to him to describe the murder and charge Hamlet with seeking revenge. Hamlet's mother committed adultery with Claudius before her husband's death and married Claudius with "unseemly" haste.
Summary of Hamlet's First Soliloquy Hamlet refers the world as an 'unweeded garden' in which rank and gross things grow in abundance. He bemoans the fact that he cannot commit suicide and explains in lines 335-336 that "self-slaughter" is not an option because it is forbidden by God.