During this very short scene, troops from Norway lead by Fortinbras, are waiting for permission by the Danish King (Claudius) to move across Denmark so they can invade Poland. Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern enter with a few others and start talking to the captain about the invasion. The captain explains that they are invading a small useless part of Poland, that will bring almost no money into Norway what so ever. The captain doesn’t even agree with the invasion. Once everybody leaves, Hamlet is left by himself. Hamlet starts talking about how these 20,000 soldiers are marching to their death (although its a useless piece of land, Poland is still going to defend it) and he can’t even muster up the courage to kill Claudius. Hamlet concludes the scene by saying that if his thoughts are not violent, he will considering them worthless.