In contrast to the first three acts of the play, in Act IV
the action comes hot and heavy as things really heat up and the major events of the play
are set in motion, with Act V on the horizon to bring it all to a thundering
close.
So the theme in some ways is action, it directly
contrasts the complete inability of Hamlet to take any substantive action in the first
three acts of the play as he works and works to try and find out whether or not his
hunch is true and if he ought to act. So much of what needs to be resolved to move
forwards is resolved in Act IV, Hamlet's madness is revealed as false, his mother
revealed as loyal to her son, Claudius as completely scheming and continuing his evil,
etc.
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