Polonius

Act three, scene four also known as the bedroom scene is important to the play because it is another very emotional scene. Polonius hides behind the arras in Gertrude’s room to listen in on Hamlets and Gertrude’s conversation. Hamlet bursts into his mother’s room and ask her why she has sent for him. Gertrude’s tells Hamlet that he has offended Claudius very much. Hamlet responds back with “mother, you have my father much offended,” ( 3.4.11). Hamlet that continues to shame his mother for…

1. What is “rotten in the state of Denmark” as Mercellus tells us? What do we learn about the situation in Scene I? Scene II? This means that the current political state of Denmark is a little bit fishy and not quite good. We learn that Horatio believes a war is coming to Denmark from Norway. We then learn that Hamlet is unhappy with the state of the country. 2. In what ways is Scene II a contrast to Scene I? What do we learn about Gertrude, Claudius, and Hamlet in this scene? Scene I…

Polonius, the Danish King’s counsellor and father to Laertes and Ophelia in Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet, cares deeply about his family’s reputation, which to him, is the same as his own. Polonius is often more concerned with his position in Denmark than the welfare of his children and as a result, his approach to parenting is often flawed due to his overprotective, suspicious, and controlling tendencies in regard his children, for their behaviour may reflect upon his own character and…

mistaking him for Claudius which caused Ophelia to go crazy and end up drowning and dying. Document D shows Hamlet and Ophelia talking and Hamlet is very aggressive and abusive towards Ophelia. This action could be justified by Polonius and Claudius was both spying on them. Once Polonius was dead Ophelia started to sing songs and act crazy until she drowns. Hamlet also tells Ophelia to go to a nunnery and to marry a fool for wise men know what monster you make them. The evidence shows easily…

brother’s murder. Pray can I not” (Shakespeare III. III. 39-41). The murder of her husband is reflecting her thinking on situations. She knows nothing good has came out of the death. Also, knowing Polonius is hiding to hear what is going to be said between Hamlet and his mother can get risky. Not knowing Polonius is hiding in the room, Hamlet hears something and decides to stab the noise he hears. The outcome of this is that the noise was actually…

Ophelia's presence might have been the first clue to Hamlet that all is not as it seems. We can assume that he sees Ophelia on stage since entire ploy hinged on Hamlet running into Ophelia. Therefore, when Polonius directs her to stand at exactly that spot it is safe to assume she is not so hidden that Hamlet can come and go without at all interacting with her. Expanding from that, I believe it is also safe to assume that Ophelia is immediately within view…

father and is mourning him and he starts feeling very suicidal and starts to talk to the king. In act 3 scene 1 he talks about living or dying and the moral of suicide. Also in act 4 scene 3 hamlet is talking to claudus about polonius at supper but hamlet really means polonius will be eaten at supper. those are 3 of the main things of how hamlet talks about suicide throughout the story as i will explain how Hamlet is not suicidal at all. When hamlet was talking to the king in act 1 scene 2…

deaths of Polonius and Ophelia. Hamlet and his mother, Gertrude, engaged in a conversation, then Polonius soon walked in the room. “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.” (Hamlet, pg.42 ) As polonius stood behind the curtains, Hamlet stabbed him thinking that it was Claudius. Hamlet was attempting to avenge his father’s death. Surely enough, Hamlet could be blamed for the killing of Polonius. The…

Dramatic irony is a literary technique that occurs when an event happens in the story that the audience understands, but the story’s characters cannot grasp. William Shakespeare uses this device throughout a numerous amount of his plays, whether it be a comedy or tragedy. This particular element, in Shakespearian tragedies, is used in order to add a tragic element of not knowing to the story. It is also used to engage the audience and to help reveal the tragic flaw that evidently leads to the…

various themes and have different messages that he wishes to put across. In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, the theme of appearance vs. reality, what seems to be vs. what it really is, is revealed constantly through out the play. The characters Hamlet, Polonius and Claudius portrayed this theme exceptionally well. These characters show others who they want to be seen as, while in reality are the complete opposite. The character Hamlet was one who portrayed the theme of appearance vs. reality quite…