Scene One:
1. Gertrude tells him immediately after.
2. Claudius must do something with Hamlet immediately, before everyone finds out and he kills them too. He tells his "wisest friends" so that they will be witness that Claudius didn't kill Polonius and is "deeply concerned" about his death.
3. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Scene Two:
1. Hamlet says that "the body is with the king, but the king is not with the body". He doesn't answer them directly and doesn't give any clues as to where he hid the body. Hamlet is implying that Claudius isn't the actual king, but that the king is merely a figurehead, a shadow of the lower people.
2. Claudius.
Scene Three:
1. Claudius says that Hamlet won't be confined because he is loved by the people. He doesn't want to look like the bad guy, or start a rebellion.
2. Hamlet replies with an example of a worm eating a king, a fish eating the worm, and a beggar eating the fish. He says that Polonius is "not where he eats, but where he is eaten." He also gives a clue that you could smell him from the lobby.
3. Claudius wants to have someone kill Hamlet while he is in England. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern don't know this.
Scene Four:
1. The captain is sent to greet Claudius and inform him that they are going to pass through Denmark to get to Poland.
2. The soldiers are going to Poland to fight for a small, worthless piece of land.
3. Hamlet is impressed with Fortinbras because he actually takes action and gets things done, even if it's just about honor.
Scene Five:
1. Gertrude says she won't talk to Ophelia because Ophelia's crazy and only speaks in symbolic songs. She changes her mind because Horatio warns her that Ophelia might end up saying something she shouldn't to somebody that shouldn't know about it if her mood isn't satisfied.
2. Claudius thinks that Ophelia is mad mainly because of her father's death, but also because Hamlet left. I think he's right.
3. Laertes returns from France because of his father's death. He wants to be there for the funeral and for Ophelia, and also to seek revenge. He wants to become king.
4. Laertes's followers want him to be king. Claudius feels he has to placate Laertes before there is an uprising, and also to get on his good side for when he asks Laertes to get revenge on Hamlet.
5. Claudius comes Laertes down by flattering him. He promises Laertes that if any guilt can be found with him and the queen, then they will gladly give up their throne to him.
Scene Six:
1. The ship Hamlet was traveling on to get to England is taken over by pirates, and in the ensuing fight, Hamlet ended up over on the pirates's ship. He is taken captive, but not treated badly because he has made a deal with them.
2. The pirates bring him back to Denmark as part of their deal.
3. The pirate messengers are going to take Horatio to Hamlet.
Scene Seven:
1. Hamlet is loved both by Gertrude and the people.
2. Hamlet sends a letter to Claudius.
3. Hamlet was supposed to be killed in England under orders of the King, but he never made it to England.
4. Claudius and Laertes plan to put poison on the rapier so it will kill Hamlet even if he survives the duel. If this doesn't work, they'll just poison him the old-fashioned way, with a chalice of poison.
5. Ophelia is picking flowers by a stream and starts to climb a willow tree. One of the branches breaks and she drowns.
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