monarch Claudius has hastily dispatched for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and welcomes them to his court. Claudius hopes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, friends of Prince Hamlet, will find out the origin of Hamlet's latest madness. Polonius enters with two accounts: the first anxieties Norway; the second anxieties Hamlet. The ambassador Valtem and informs Claudius that the King of Norway has agreed to suppress his nephew's challenges against Denmark. Taking benefit of his uncle's sickness, the hotheaded juvenile Fortinbras disguised his activities against Denmark as legitimate movements against Poland. Upon discovering of ...