Jul 26, 2008

Hamlet | Act IV, Scene 6 Summary and Analysis

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Sailors: seafaring men who bring news from Hamlet

Summary
Horatio and a few others are accosted by Sailors with a letter from Hamlet to Horatio, detailing his capture at sea by pirates, who, he says, treated him well. The letter instructs Horatio to deliver the “letters I have sent” to the King, and then come at once to him, guided by “these good fellows.” Hamlet adds that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern still sail toward England, and says “Of them I have much to tell thee.”

Horatio promises to reward the Sailors for delivering the messages.
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