He’s basically warning her not to her innocence get the best of her and to be very careful when it comes to giving her love to Hamlet. If this is not amazingly helpful advice then I don’t know what is. It’s important for her to hear this because people can be so blind when it comes to love. Polonius as well gives some parental advice to his daughter Ophelia. He calls her foolish for believing anything Hamlet says to her.
Appearance and reality are juxtaposed throughout the play as the characters hide their malignant intentions behind false behaviors. As Hamlet works towards a solution, he must learn that the honest and good facades people put out for the world to see are often darkened by evil intentions. Polonius is a character whose intentions appear pure and caring towards his own children and the royal family, but his real goal is to gain power in the royal court. The audience’s first impression of Polonius comes when he gives his son, Laertes, his blessing to go abroad and even gives him fatherly advice for the voyage. “to thine own self be true, / And it must follow, as the night the day, / Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Claudio was too scared to confront Hero and confess his feelings and so Don Pedro promised that he would speak to Leonato about setting them up. But this still scared Claudio and he can’t tell Hero he loves her so Don Pedro said he’ll organise something where he can pretend to be Claudio and fix them up and admit his feelings towards her as Claudio. Personally, I think it might be a bit strange to have the Prince chat up the girl that Claudio loves but as long as his love is returned, everything shall be
In the poems “A Barred Owl” and “The History Teacher”, the speakers are attempting to mitigate the evils of the world. Wilbur’s short poem is much less extreme than Collins’s when doing this. Wilbur uses a simple explanation while Collins continues to make up more and more absurd stories. The intention is the same, but the way the speakers go about it is very different. The speaker in Wilbur’s poem is merely a parent trying to settle a restless child, while the speaker in Collins’s poem is a teacher trying to shield his students from the many evils of the world.
As he was planning his invasion of Denmark, he did not factor in what could happen if his uncle found out. Claudius, realizing the flaw in Fortinbras’ attack, uses his authority as king to notify his uncle of his nephew’s agenda. Later in the play when Hamlet inquires about Fortinbras’ invasion of Poland, he states, “The imminent death of twenty thousand men, that for a fantasy and trick of fame.” With this line, Hamlet set out to portray to the audience a man who merely thinks about his well being and satisfaction instead of the consequences brought upon everyone else who is involved. Shakespeare repeatedly shows how rash Fortinbras is and thus foreshadows what he will do later on in the play. In the play, Hamlet is conquered by his thought.
This is seen as disrespectful from Hamlets point of view throughout the play, as he never accepts Claudius to be a replacement to his father, and never really approves of his mother’s re-marriage. Hamlet also decides ‘to put an antic disposition on’, which was to give the impression that he was in a descent to madness. This is related to when Ophelia’s father Polonius warned her to stay away from Hamlet, and that she may be the possible cause of his mental incapacity. Hamlets develops this madness until the point that the reader doesn’t know what is the initial cause of it, and if it is real or false. Hamlet decided to take on the challenge of avenging his father’s murder, as the ghost instructed, as said ‘This time is out of joint.
This is a way that Gertrude is trying to take back control by putting Hamlet in his place and trying to make him remember who he is talking to. The use of the imperative and anaphoric repetition, “speak no more”, is another example of how Gertrude has no control over Hamlet as she has to change the tone of how she tells him to “speak no more”. The first time she says it in a sweeter tone to try and make Hamlet stop but that doesn’t get through to her son so she changes her tone when repeating “speak no more” to a firmer tone to gain some control. The interjection, “O”, used by Gertrude sets the tone of how upset she is and has had enough of Hamlet’s words. The fact that she is the one who is upset and asking Hamlet to “speak no more”, which follows the interjection, clearly shows that Hamlet is the one in control.
However, once Laertes has left, Polonius sends out a spy on his son, because he does not trust him, despite his prior blessing. To Ophelia, he says he wants her to break off her relationship with Hamlet. He says he is worried for her, and that he does not trust the prince,
When he states: 'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning duties to your father. … To do obsequious sorrow. But to persever In obstinate condolement is a course Of impious stubbornness. 'Tis unmanly grief” (1.2.87-94) King Claudius suggests that Hamlet is letting his excessive grief rule his life. Hamlet is not entirely aware of his surroundings as he does not try to seek out his throne from Claudius which he is in control of
In the soliloquy, Hamlet is at first upset with himself about finding ways to avoid avenging his Father’s murder, like his spirit in ghost form told him to. This complaining turns into self hatred and then Hamlet is insulting himself outright. The main reason for this is he has agreed to get revenge on Claudius so his father’s spirit can be at peace, but he hasn’t done it yet. The fact that the Player seems to be more able to get into the mindset of revenge than he can further discourages him. This on top of the fact that Hamlet’s dad is dead and his mother married that man he hates most in the world makes for a pretty melancholy fellow.