1. How does Claudius react to learning from Queen Gertrude that Polonius has been slain by Hamlet?
2. How does Hamlet’s interaction with Rosenzratz and Guildenstern differ from his interaction with the King after Polonius’ death?
3. What is Claudius's theory about why Ophelia is acting so oddly? 

Interpretive Questions:
1. Is Hamlet more comfortable with murder after killing Polonius?
2. Was Ophelia's death accidental or suicidal? What does her madness and death symbolize about the kingdom?
3. Regarding the avenging of their father’s murders, how does Hamlet and Laertes compare? How do they contrast?

Inquiry Question:
1. When a loved individual is murdered, must individuals revert to revenge or does there lie a better alternate mode of bringing sanity your emotions? For example, what drove Hamlet to revenge and Ophelia to suicide?

Impostume (4.4.28.)

Spurns (4.5.8.)

Beauteous (4.5.26.)

Superfluous (4.5.32.)

Unsmirched (4.5.104.)

Flaxen (4.5.134.)

Envenom (4.5.219.)

Knavish (4.7.116.)

(4,4, 26-30) Hamlet: "Two thousand souls and twenty thousand ducats will it debate the question of this straw. This is th' impostume of much wealth and peace, that inward breaks and shows no cause without why the man dies.-- I humbly thank you, sir." Hamlet has an interesting way of describing varying political bodies and it is evident within this quote, as the "Two thousand souls and twenty thousand ducats" refer to the political house of England that will analyze and vote on the current predicaments facing England.
 (4,5, 21-25) Queen: Let her come in. To my sick soul (as sins true nature is), each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. So full of artless jealousy is guilt, it spills itself in fearing to be spilt." The way in which the queen colorfully describes her emotions is so creative and embedded within Anglican principles that it is impossible to not be interested by how she describes the current state of her life. The use of "sins" encompasses the nature of the queens current soul and its really powerful 
 (4,5, 91-103) King: "In hugger-mugger to inter him; poor Ophelia divided herself and her fair judgement, without the which we are pictures of mere beasts;" The use of "hugger-mugger" refers to Hamlet dragging Polonius' body off stage and the sheer amount of secrecy embedded within Hamlet that drives him to do so

Level 2:

Level 3: 

Oblivion--The state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening (IV.IV.42)

Cicatrice-the scar of a healed wound, a scar on the bark of a tree. (IV.IV.69)

Impostume- archaic word for abcess (IV.IV.28)

Conjecture--an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information. (IV.V.20)  

Overpeering--to rise or tower above (IV.V.109)

Hugger-mugger-confused; disorderly. (IV.V.91)

Acquittance--a written receipt attesting the settlement of a fine or debt (IV.VII.1)

1) Does Hamlet show remorse for killing Polonius? (Level 1)
2) Is Ophelia's death a suicide? (Level 2)
3) What is the significance of an internal struggle within the main character of a play? (Level 3)

Impostume (4.4.28.)

Spurns (4.5.8.)

Beauteous (4.5.26.) 

Superfluous (4.5.32.)

Unsmirched (4.5.104.)

Flaxen (4.5.134.)

Envenom (4.5.219.)

Knavish (4.7.116.)

importunate- persistent point of annoyance/intrusion 

Conjecture--an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information. (IV.V.20)