Scene summary
Hamlet has disposed of Polonius's body and does not say where. Questioned by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who want to take him to the king, he answers in riddles: he says he has mingled the body with the dust it came from, and calls Rosencrantz a sponge that the king squeezes when he needs to. He keeps up the provocation and, in the end, orders that he be taken to the king.
Analysis
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