Even More Hamlet - Act 4 Analysis with Formatting Issues.

“Follow her close” Ophelia is not well; she speaks and sings of death and despair. Her father Polonius has been killed by the one she once loved, and the loss has greatly affected her; even more so than Hamlet's loss with his father. Due to Ophelia's outburst in front the queen, and then the king, Claudius orders men to watch over her so that she does not perform an act as to hurt herself or another. "O, this is the poison of deed grief; it springs all from her father's death". Ophelia’s reason for insanity is derived from her father’s death. "When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions. First her father slain. Next, your son gone." Claudius points out that unfortunate occurrences come in two. Horrid events do not occur alone, they come in an army. First Ophelia's father is killed, then Hamlet (Gertrude's son) is sent away to England, where he is to be killed (unknowingly to the queen) by the King of England. The happenings, specifically the death of Polonius, are already a large topic amongst the people of Denmark. Claudius portrays both his worry and sympathy of Polonius' death. He buried him too soon and too quietly, he is unaware of the consequences that will occur in doing so; additionally, Ophelia has reached a maniac state due to these circumstances. "Poor Ophelia divided from herself and her fair judgment". "Her brother is in secret come from France." Laertes has arrived after the rumors of his father’s death, and has walked into an even larger crowd, filling his head with the tales of Polonius' death – that same crowd soon advocate for Laertes to be king. Claudius is sure that Laertes will kill him due to the lack of evidence on who truly killed his father. "O my dear Gertrude, this, like to a murdering piece, in many places gives me superfluous death." Finally, Claudius expresses his self-pity by explaining to the queen that he feels as though he has been killed many times over.