Hamlet Act 2 Summary

This act had a couple different stories going on at once.
Basically, at the beginning Polonius is speaking with Reynaldo and telling him to go to Paris to find out if his son is doing what he is supposed to and not messing around.

After that, Polonius speaks with Ophelia about Hamlet's love for her and Polonius feels that Hamlet has gone crazy because of his love for Ophelia.

Meanwhile at the palace, the king and queen have summoned Hamlet's old friends and some actors to try to cheer up Hamlet and make him feel better.

\Polonius goes to the castle and tells the king and queen of his thoughts about Hamlet being crazy in love and the three of them plan on tricking Hamlet into admitting his love for Ophelia. 

Polonius speaks with Hamlet but Hamlet does not realize that he is Ophelia's father and refers to him as old man.

When the actors arrive, Hamlet realizes that the king and queen have summoned them and they act a little for him.

At the end, Hamlet is left alone and he reflects his feelings about his father dying. He suspects that his uncle, the new king, killed his father in order to take the thrown and he plans on exposing his uncle's evil deed by having him watch a play that will supposedly prove whether he did kill his brother, the late king, or not.

The End.