Act 3 is like soap opera drama.
As a reader you are constantly thinking what's going to happen next. Their is a suspenseful and entertaining aura to this particular Act. There is so much feelings and emotions flying around.
In this act Hamlet puts to test what the ghost told him. This is a very important Act because as Hamlet says "The play's the thing" he means that he will then know the truth. He will then know of his mother and uncle's sin.
This Act is the first in which we see Hamlet's true emotions come out of him rather than keeping them to himself. He finally confronts Ophelia and his mother. He insults them and tells him how he really feels. His rage and anxiety grows as the play proceeds. He even goes as far as killing Polonius (the rat under the mat).
When i think of Act 3 I think of the best Act so far in Hamlet. Finally the reader is able to put some pieces to together and to enjoy the great play Hamlet is. Hamlet's outrage is definitely a relief to see after he has hidden his feelings for so long.
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