ACT 4 LANGUAGE

Providence: Provision for the future
Act 4 Scene 1 Line 19-
Claudius: Alas, how shall this bloody deed be answered?
It will be laid to us, whose providence
Should have kept short, restrained and out of haunt,
This mad young man.

Countenance: Sanction
Act 4 Scene 1 Line 34-
Claudius: The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch
But we will ship him hence, and this vile deed
We must, with all our majesty and skill,
Both countenance and excuse.

Scourge: Punishment
Act 4 Scene 3 Line 6
Claudius: Yet must not we put the strong law on him.
He’s loved of the distracted multitude,
Who like not in their judgment, but their eyes.
And where ’tis so, th' offender’s scourge is weighed,
But never the offense.

Cicatrice: wound
Act 4 Scene 3 Line 65
Claudius: And, England, if my love thou hold’st at aught—
As my great power thereof may give thee sense,
Since yet thy cicatrice looks raw and red
After the Danish sword and thy free awe
Pays homage to us—thou mayst not coldly set
Our sovereign process, which imports at full,
By letters congruing to that effect,
The present death of Hamlet. 

the hectic: A severe fever
Act 4 Scene 3 Line 71
Claudius: Do it, England,
For like the hectic in my blood he rages,
And thou must cure me. Till I know ’tis done,
Howe'er my haps, my joys were ne'er begun.

These words are used to create a sense of impending doom and convey to the reader just how desperate Claudius is to get rid of Hamlet. 

Personal Reaction: I don't believe that Hamlet had any intention of harming Polonious, and this is going to cause him to feel guilty over the "accidental" murder. I think that Claudius is using Polonious death as an excuse to get rid of Hamlet so that way his secrets won't be revealed. I feel really bad for Ophelia, because she has lost every one that she cares about.