In Act II of Hamlet, three characters chose to spy on others further developing them as a character and greatly influencing the plot. The first of these characters is Polonius who sends his servant Reynaldo off to Paris to look into the actions and conduct of Laertes over there. Polonius instructs Reynaldo to look for prominent Danes over there and question them to see if they know Laertes without making his close relationship with Laertes obvious. As a matter of fact, Polonius states that Reynaldo should “Just tell them you vaguely know Laertes, say something like, “I’m a friend of his father and I sort of know him,” or whatever. Do you get what I’m saying, Reynaldo?” (Shakespeare). Also, this part of the play emphasizes characteristics in
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Claudius summoned Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two of Hamlet’s friends from school, and requested that they both attempt to find out the reason for Hamlet’s recent actions and distemper. This is shown when Claudius states, “Since you both grew up with him and are so familiar with his personality and behavior, I’m asking you to stay a while at court and spend some time with him. See if you can get Hamlet to have some fun, and find out if there’s anything in particular that’s bothering him, so we can set about trying to fix it.” (Shakespeare). It can be inferred that Claudius might be requesting these two to act as a result of his own paranoia and worry that Hamlet has possibly discovered the fact that he poisoned his brother, the old king. This action taken by Claudius seems to further develop him as a character and give the audience insight into his worry about others finding out about the terrible actions he committed in order to usurp the throne. This action is very important to the plot as it impacts the information that Claudius finds out about Hamlet who is working to avenge his father. However, it also leads to suspicions in Hamlet as he wonders why two of his school friends have come all this way, not believing that they traveled such a distance just to visit
Claudius summoned Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two of Hamlet’s friends from school, and requested that they both attempt to find out the reason for Hamlet’s recent actions and distemper. This is shown when Claudius states, “Since you both grew up with him and are so familiar with his personality and behavior, I’m asking you to stay a while at court and spend some time with him. See if you can get Hamlet to have some fun, and find out if there’s anything in particular that’s bothering him, so we can set about trying to fix it.” (Shakespeare). It can be inferred that Claudius might be requesting these two to act as a result of his own paranoia and worry that Hamlet has possibly discovered the fact that he poisoned his brother, the old king. This action taken by Claudius seems to further develop him as a character and give the audience insight into his worry about others finding out about the terrible actions he committed in order to usurp the throne. This action is very important to the plot as it impacts the information that Claudius finds out about Hamlet who is working to avenge his father. However, it also leads to suspicions in Hamlet as he wonders why two of his school friends have come all this way, not believing that they traveled such a distance just to visit