After the play The Mousetrap, the audience now knows that Claudius is guilty of murdering his own brother. When Hamlet walks in on Claudius alone and unguarded, he takes out his sword but hesitates when he finds Claudius in a position of prayer. Hamlet doesn’t want to kill Claudius in prayer because he will only do Claudius a favor by sending him to heaven for his sins may have already been forgiven. Instead, Hamlet decides to kill Claudius when he’s in the act of committing some other sin like drinking or in lust. Polonius tells Claudius that Gertrude wants to see Hamlet in her bedroom. He tells the king that he will hide behind an arras to listen in on their conversation. Polonius says mothers in nature are more biased when it comes to their
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However, when Ophelia tells Hamlet that she must return the gifts she had received from him, he denied having ever given her anything. Ophelia says that Hamlet should know he was the one to give her these gifts and that the reason she’s returning them is because the gifts no longer have any meaning. Hamlet then asks Ophelia if she is honest and fair. In the beginning of this scene, Hamlet may have truly meant for Ophelia to go to a nunnery so that she may not marry and breed more sinners. Hamlet claims that all men are “arrant knaves” and that Ophelia should flee to a nunnery, perhaps away from all the devious men. However, when Hamlet understood that he was being spied on, he lashed out at Ophelia. He said that even if she were to remain innocent she cannot escape slander. At this point in the story, I think Hamlet may have wanted Ophelia to retreat to a nunnery because he believes all women are dishonest. Hamlet probably feels betrayed because he began to attack womankind. Hamlet claims that all women do is trick men with sweet words and mess around with their feeling for he says “You jig and amble, and you lisp, you nickname God’s creatures and make your wantonness your ignorance” (III.i.156-8). Hamlet tells Ophelia once again to go to a nunnery because he thinks Ophelia belongs in a brothel as a
However, when Ophelia tells Hamlet that she must return the gifts she had received from him, he denied having ever given her anything. Ophelia says that Hamlet should know he was the one to give her these gifts and that the reason she’s returning them is because the gifts no longer have any meaning. Hamlet then asks Ophelia if she is honest and fair. In the beginning of this scene, Hamlet may have truly meant for Ophelia to go to a nunnery so that she may not marry and breed more sinners. Hamlet claims that all men are “arrant knaves” and that Ophelia should flee to a nunnery, perhaps away from all the devious men. However, when Hamlet understood that he was being spied on, he lashed out at Ophelia. He said that even if she were to remain innocent she cannot escape slander. At this point in the story, I think Hamlet may have wanted Ophelia to retreat to a nunnery because he believes all women are dishonest. Hamlet probably feels betrayed because he began to attack womankind. Hamlet claims that all women do is trick men with sweet words and mess around with their feeling for he says “You jig and amble, and you lisp, you nickname God’s creatures and make your wantonness your ignorance” (III.i.156-8). Hamlet tells Ophelia once again to go to a nunnery because he thinks Ophelia belongs in a brothel as a