The King and Queen enter with Guildenstern, Rosencrantz, Ophelia, Polonious and other members of the court. The King questions Hamlet’s friends about their findings but can only admit that he is distracted but has not said by what. Thereafter,  the King ordered Gertrude to leave so that he and Polonius could spy on a meeting between the prince Hamlet and Ophelia. Polonious instructs Ophelia to read a book so that when the prince enters it does not look suspicious as to why she may be by herself. Hamlet then enters the scene by saying his famous “To be or not to be” soliloquy. He assumes Ophelia is reading prayers and asks her to pray for him. She tells him that she would like to return the gifts he gave her but he denies giving her gifts at all. He then appears to go insane stating that Opehlia should go to a nunnery and that women are all liars, he then leaves. Ophelia is a state of shock and Claudius along with Polonius come out to speak of the events which just took place. Claudius is now doubting that love has driven Hamlet mad but Polonius continues to insist that that is the problem. He tells the King that he would eavesdrop on a meeting between Hamlet and his mother, the Queen, later on. Claudius agrees.