Hamlet

act 4 scene 1

King "o heavy deed/it had been so with us, had we been there/his liberty is full of threats to all." Explain the signifigance of these lines. 

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Claudius has seen dead Polonius. He says he was actually the target. Claudius is confirming his suspicions that Hamlet's lunacy is targeted at him.

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