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scene 1: claud decides to send hamlet to England, unlike ham, claud is decisive. he seems hamlet as a threat and is eager to dispense with him immediately
"The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch, but we shall ship him hence"
scene 2: hamlet bitterly criticizes the selfish behaviour of his friends. he compares them to sponges that mop up clauds gifts and favours
"soak up the kings countenance, his rewards, his authorities"
scene 2: hamlet believes that claud maybe a part of the body of politics as he wears the crown. but doesnt believe he is the rightful king. nor does he believe that claud embodies true kingship
"the body is with the king, but the king is not with the body"
scene 3: claud uses a forceful simile that vivdly describes how ham is beginning to resemble a terrible fever raging through clauds veins. he hopes the king of england will agree to kill him so that claud will be free of him
"Like the hectic in my blood he rages"
scene 4: hamlet resolves to stop procrastinating and become a violent man of action. focused determination has replaced petulant frustration
"My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth"
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