The scene is within the castle and starts out with Claudius and Gertrude having Rosencrantz and Guildenstern over to talk about how Hamlet’s state of still worrying about his fathers death. The king and queen ask them to check on Hamlet and make sure he doesn’t become to sad. Voltemand then comes from Norway to bring a treaty to allow the Norwegian army and their king to pass through Denmark with safe passage. Claudius says this suits him well but isn’t too bothered and says he’ll look later. Polonius then enters the scene and reads a letter from Hamlet to Ophelia about his love to her. Polonius suggest that he will “loose his daughter to him”. Hamlet enters the scene and openly insults Polonius and starts to talk out of the iambic pentameter, showing that he is starting to go mad. Polonius talks to the audience about how Hamlet as “Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t”. Polonius leaves the scene, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, where they having banter about life and Hamlet talks about how Denmark’s a prison. Hamlet talks in iambic pentameter again, showing he is not mad. He questions them why the have come and they tell him the truth that they were sent. News of actors coming distracts Hamlet and then he comes up with a plan to give the main actor a speech about how a king’s brother killed a king and have it performed in front of everyone tomorrow evening. Hamlet will be able to see the kings reaction to this and increase his knowledge on whether Claudius killed his father or not.