act 3

Claudius and Polonius call Ophelia to investigate the truth of Hamlet's madness since Rosencrantz and Guildenstern fail to find it. Hamlet, in this moment, is questioning whether to commit suicide or not. He expresses his point of view toward life, and considers death is not frightening, but its uncertainly does and that is what people afraid
of: “For in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause: / there's the respect that makes calamity of so long life … ” (Act III, Scene 1) When Ophelia comes with her camouflage, Hamlet gives her a chance to disclose her self: “Ha, ha! Are you honest…Are you fair?” (Act III, Scene 1) However, Ophelia fails. Hamlet is infuriated since all of his beloved women, Gertrude and Ophelia, try to lie on him. He rejects Ophelia's request of retrieving their love vehemently and berates women's frailty and dependency on men: “Get thee to a nunnery: why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? / I am myself indifferent honest; /but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me…”(Act III, Scene 1) Meanwhile, Claudius suspects Hamlet's madness and afraid he will embroil in a dangerous situation because of Hamlet's madness. He prepares to send Hamlet to England and asks Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's escort.