Polonius sends Reynaldo to check up on Laertes . . . Ophelia tells Polonius of Hamlet’s strange visit
Scene 1
The King tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to investigate Hamlet’s madness . . . Polonius’s theory of Hamlet’s madness . . . Polonius examines Hamlet . . . Rosencrantz and Guildenstern examine Hamlet . . . The players arrive . . . Hamlet’s second soliloquy (“O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!”)
Scene 2