This Scene flakes off from where we had left off in Scene “3” in which Claudius awaits for Polonius’ return with the news of Romeo but instead us shocked to understand of his cowardly demise. The King, understanding that Hamlet had succumb to a fit of madness and slew Polonius in the process.The King is outraged and orders Rozencrants and Guildenstern to pursue Hamlet for the whereabouts of Polonius’ body. He responds with it being buried already out back.