We studied I(i) during today's session first noting the foreboding mood of a ghost at midnight. After noting the political situation in Denmark, we explored the metaphorical significance of the comment that the foreboding indicates an "eruption of our state." Joshua did well recognizing much more is rotten in Denmark than its politics . It is the moral decay of mankind that haunts and so disturbs Hamlet. We next studied Hamlet's cutting wit via his use of puns as well as the significance of Claudius' apparent befriending of Laertes.