Hamlet ACT IV
Hamlet Discussion ACT IV Scene i 1. ... Although Gertrude realizes Hamlet’s insanity, she expresses empathy towards him and doesn’t want Claudius to go to such extremes as to send him away. ... She informs him that Hamlet is completely mad and describes how he killed Polonius behind the curtain. ... He orders them find Hamlet and Polonius body, and to bring the body into the chapel.