Polonius

In Shakespearean plays it is a prominent technique to portray a character having ambition to obtain power, which leads to them making selfish decisions and committing evil actions. This was seen in Macbeth, as Macbeth killed King Duncan in order to achieve his goal of becoming King, and in this play, Hamlet, Claudius’ desire to become King of Denmark triggered him to kill his brother and start making decisions in order to sustain his power. The hunger to maintain authority motivates Claudius to…

Hamlet cases to be distraught just when the twist blows from a specific heading, an announcement that altogether confounds Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Polonius comes into say that the Tragedians have arrived, and Hamlet and Polonius clear out. Timidly, Guildenstern discloses to Rosencrantz that he supposes they made some progress into making sense of why Hamlet has been acting so unusually of late. In any case, Rosencrantz furiously expresses that they have gained nothing from conversing with…

entire play, Polonius was always sneaking around in the shadows, like a rat, listening to other people’s conversations and learning their secrets. After sending Reynaldo off to Paris to spy on Laertes, Polonius hatches a plan to use Ophelia in order for him and Claudius to spy on Hamlet. Polonius and Claudius overhear Hamlet telling Ophelia repeatedly to go to a nunnery. When the King shared his doubts that love had ruined Hamlet 's mind and his plans of sending Hamlet to England, Polonius, who…

Distrust and Mistrust During the play of hamlet there was multiple times when distrust and mistrust was shown and all of these in which I believe were from the theme good versus evil. In the story of Hamlet people were always in conflict with one another and this caused them to mistrust them so then they would do things to find out what people were relying doing so they’d spy on them. In the story the downfall of mistrust and distrust would either put the person in a worser position…

when Hamlet knows that he kills Polonius instead of the King, he claims, “Thou Wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell. I took thee for thy better. Take thy fortune. Thou find’st to be too busy is some danger” (Shakespeare, 3.4.38-40). Hamlet calls Polonius a “fool”, and thinks Polonius has been too busy on meddling. Although as the King’s councilor, Polonius’ suspicious about Hamlet is right, Hamlet is doing something that can hurt the king, that’s why Polonius hide behind and try to find out…

torment of whether to act, showing how the actions of others influence and mold a person. In the preceding scene, Hamlet's apparent madness was the topic of discussion, with Polonius surmising that his madness is a result of his unrequited love for Ophelia. Hamlet enters the room where Ophelia waits, apparently alone, so that Polonius and Claudius can observe her interactions with Hamlet who then proceeds to deliver the famous soliloquy. The first line, in which he ponders the question…

Power: Hamlet, Claudius, and Polonius in Hamlet by Shakespeare Manipulative individuals use their power to deceive others for social status or power. Evidently, manipulation is used to alter the perception of others through deceitful and misleading acts. When a person possesses surplus power they become insecure and unstable, which causes the person to anticipate distrustful acts. In the play Hamlet, there are many occurences of manipulation. Polonius manipulates Reynaldo by making him…

Polonius, Claudius and Hamlet are all spying on other characters for their own reasons. Polonius is spying on his son Laertes in France with Reynaldo because Polonius doesn’t trust his son so he wants to make sure that Laertes is doing what he is supposed to. Polonius's claims that his reason for sending Reynaldo to Paris is to take money and notes to Laertes. His real reason, however, appears to be that he wants to find out if Laertes is gaming, drinking, fencing, swearing, or going to brothels…

Elizabeth stated that “Although Hamlet, like Polonius and Claudius, believes that surveillance can help him ‘find where truth is hid’, he is enraged when others attempt to get at the truth behind is own actions”. This furthers my examples of the deception in Hamlet. The characters in Hamlet believe…

father. Ophelia’s brother, Laertes and her father, Polonius are convinced that Ophelia cannot marry Hamlet. Her brother and her father have control over her social and love life. As well, Hamlet’s attitude towards Ophelia is also very rude, complicating and mentally confusing. Madness might just be the only way she has of fighting back. According to Shweta Bali, in her essay on “Mechanics of Madness in Hamlet”, she states “After Polonius’ murder, Ophelia’s confused and chaotic state of…