The King has a private word with Laertes. With the new found knowledge of Hamlets return he confides in Laertes and explains to him that he was the one that had slain his Father and that now is the time to get his revenge. He riles up Laertes by simply saying profound statements such as how he does not love his father and how Hamlet still lives, carelessly. To add on to the hate that is currently bottling up, Hamlets’ mother, the Queen brings the grim news of Ophelia’s death. The Queen ant agonizingly explains with every crumb the details of Ophelia’s death.