I have notart to reckon my groans, but that I love thee best, Omost best, believe it. to spy on Hamlet What is Polonius' plan for testing his theory that Hamlet is love-crazy? Polonius echoes her cry, and Hamlet, thinking Polonius to be Claudius, stabs him to death. Now the King of Norway request that their troops pass through Denmark in order to get to the Polack. Young Fortinbrasremember him from Act 1, Scene 1?was planning to attack Denmark, but his uncle (the current king of Norway) had him arrested after he learned of his plans. From line 43, does Claudius seem to value Polonius or to disregard him? Is this the way we would expect Hamlet to act after Ophelia's description in 2.1? The spirit that I have seenMay be a devil, and the devil hath powerT assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps,Out of my weakness and my melancholy, 630As he is very potent with such spirits,Abuses me to damn me. Polonius is convinced that Hamlet is mad for Ophelia's love by the letter and by Ophelia's report to him in act 2, scene 1 of Hamlet's truly bizarre behavior towards her while she was. Is Claudius really guilty, and if so, how can he prove it? breaks my pate across?Plucks off my beard and blows it in my face? Already a member? REYNALDO At closes in the consequence, at friend,or so, and gentleman. 60, POLONIUSAt closes in the consequenceay, marryHe closes thus: I know the gentleman.I saw him yesterday, or th other day(Or then, or then, with such or such), and as yousay, 65There was he gaming, there oertook in s rouse,There falling out at tennis; or perchanceI saw him enter such a house of saleVidelicet, a brothelor so forth. Howpregnant sometimes his replies are! What is the News from Norway? However, once he realizes that he is being spied on and that Ophelia seems to be in on the plan, he starts to act insane. 190. And when Polonius picks up on that, he again thinks that Hamlet is still obsessing over Ophelia. Hamlet calls himself a coward and a promiscuous woman (seriously) for not having acted on the ghost's revelation. Hes for a jig or a tale of bawdry, or 525he sleeps. He's a coward and a dreamer because he hasn't made any plans to kill his uncle. deal justly with me, I know the good king and queen have sent for you, said by: Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. He doesnt treat them well because he thinks that his friends arent truly there for him, and were only there because they were sent for by the King and Queen. 400. POLONIUSYou know sometimes he walks four hours togetherHere in the lobby. ROSENCRANTZ/GUILDENSTERN Well wait upon you. Yet he knew me not at first; he said I 205was a fishmonger. Are they so followed? A subtext in his performance, though, does suggest that he feels genuine pain for his loss of Ophelia. What does the queen offer Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? If it will please youTo show us so much gentry and goodwillAs to expend your time with us awhileFor the supply and profit of our hope,Your visitation shall receive such thanks 25As fits a kings remembrance. Polonius suggests that Hamlet is mad because Ophelia began to reject him, and he is mad for her love. I think Hamlet acts this way probably assuming that he is being watched or that Ophelia will be questioned about his behavior. I taught act 2, scene 1 of Hamlet today, when Ophelia goes running to Polonius because Hamlet has just appeared in his "distracted" state as she was sewing. I like your questions, and there are probably many different answers, but this is what I think. FIRST PLAYER Anon he finds himStriking too short at Greeks. POLONIUS Look wheer he has not turned his color and 545has tears in s eyes. Where is Polonius sending Reynaldo and why? Do you agree with Polonius and Ophelias assessment [of Hamlets craziness]?Is Hamlets scene in Ophelias chamber a sign that he has been driven crazy by love for her, or is it a sign of something else? 185Ill board him presently. I have of late, butwherefore I know not, lost all my mirth, forgone allcustom of exercises, and, indeed, it goes so heavily 320with my disposition that this goodly frame, theEarth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this mostexcellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave oerhangingfirmament, this majestical roof, frettedwith golden firewhy, it appeareth nothing to me 325but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.What a piece of work is a man, how noble inreason, how infinite in faculties, in form and movinghow express and admirable; in action how likean angel, in apprehension how like a god: the 330beauty of the world, the paragon of animalsandyet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? If it live in your memory, begin atthis linelet me see, let me see: "The rugged Pyrrhus, like th Hyrcanian beast" 475, "The rugged Pyrrhus, he whose sable arms,Black as his purpose, did the night resembleWhen he lay couchd in th ominous horse,Hath now this dread and black complexion smeared 480With heraldry more dismal. Polonius tells Reynaldo he's got it wrong. Why have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern come to the castle? Where does Polonius send Reynaldo? If he do blench,I know my course. He would drown the stage with tearsAnd cleave the general ear with horrid speech, 590Make mad the guilty and appall the free,Confound the ignorant and amaze indeedThe very faculties of eyes and ears. He rips up and throws around the letters that Ophelia was trying to return to him. ROSENCRANTZ I think their inhibition comes by the 355means of the late innovation. As Polonius and Players exit, Hamlet speaks tothe First Player. He learns from his encounter with Ophelia, that she reports to her father who reports to Claudius. He can gather that she is not to be trusted. about what he thinks his son capable of? OPHELIAMy lord, as I was sewing in my closet,Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbraced,No hat upon his head, his stockings fouled,Ungartered, and down-gyvd to his ankle, 90Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other,And with a look so piteous in purportAs if he had been loosd out of hellTo speak of horrorshe comes before me. 270. How dost thou,Guildenstern? 75Whereon old Norway, overcome with joy,Gives him three-score thousand crowns in annualfeeAnd his commission to employ those soldiers,So levied as before, against the Polack, 80With an entreaty, herein further shown, That it might please you to give quiet passThrough your dominions for this enterprise,On such regards of safety and allowanceAs therein are set down. What does Hamlet consider Denmark and why? How do both Polonius and Ophelia interpret this event? Hamlet says that even though "conception," as in understanding, is a good thing, "conception," when it means getting pregnant, wouldn't be such a good thing for Ophelia. he scares her, he looks pale and crazy, he grabbed her and shook her and doesn't speak. What is the function of "fish" and "king" here? . Come, give us a taste of your 455quality. Scene 2 As a comic character, he consistently shows himself less wise than he thinks. Hamlet starts reciting the speech himself, then lets an actor take over. Polonius reasons, thus, that Hamlet's madness is the result of Ophelia's rejection. POLONIUS Fore God, my lord, well spoken, with goodaccent and good discretion. Their conversation comes to an end when the players arrive. What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties (abilities, both mental and physical), in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension, how like a god! "My lord we were sent for". Hamlet is bitter that the player is able to summon feeling for these characters, while he cannot even act on his motives. Shut. ROSENCRANTZ, to Guildenstern What say you? CLAUDIUS Welcome, dear Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. These two start out okay, and Hamlet seems genuinely happy to see them. (Watch David Tennant deliver itbeautifully. Say on; come to Hecuba. said by: Hamletmeaning: man=Claudiuswoman=Gertrude. As a result of Hamlet's own words and behavior, Polonius tells Claudius and Gertrude, "your noble son is mad" (2.2.93).Polonius has ordered his daughter, Ophelia, to have no more contact with her . Ophelia assures her father that she hasn't said anything extra mean to Hamlet lately. POLONIUSAt such a time Ill loose my daughter to him.To the King. Iwill leave him and suddenly contrive the means of 230meeting between him and my daughter.My lord,I will take my leave of you. Yes, I think he loves her very much, but that this revenge thing has driven a wedge between them that cannot be dislodged. When Hamlet himself enters, he is confronted first by Polonius and then by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, whom he quickly identifies as Claudius's spies. When the Ghost tells Hamlet about Claudius's murder, Hamlet responds strangely: he tells his friend Horatio and the watchman Marcellus that he is going to pretend to be mad. Why does The King bring Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to the castle? If so, what is Hamlets state of mind? In act 2 of Hamlet, what news does Ophelia bring Polonius. Also, Ophelia's genuine, terrible distress and the very specific details of Hamlet's appearance and behavior that she recounts add credence to the perception that he truly has gone mad. Why does Polonius think Hamlet is "mad"? Whereat, grievedThat so his sickness, age, and impotence 70Was falsely borne in hand, sends out arrestsOn Fortinbras, which he, in brief, obeys,Receives rebuke from Norway, and, in fine,Makes vow before his uncle never moreTo give th assay of arms against your Majesty. Come, go we to the King. HAMLET Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks;but I thank you, and sure, dear friends, my thanksare too dear a halfpenny. 60. 90Most welcome home! "Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move, 125 Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love.O dear Ophelia, I am ill at these numbers. I thought he was just messing around, but it sounds like he's really in love with you." Oh, it's just that there are a bunch of actors heading to the castle. HAMLET Then I would you were so honest a man. Powered by WordPress. Why does Hamlet react as he does on hearing it? Surely, he'll know what to do. Ill have thee speak out the rest ofthis soon.Good my lord, will you see the playerswell bestowed? What does Polonius say in his aside when speaking to Hamlet? I will not sort you with therest of my servants, for, to speak to you like anhonest man, I am most dreadfully attended. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern try to avoid answering the question, but neither one of them has a very good poker face. He hadnt seen them for a very long time, and now they come. The player agrees. GUILDENSTERNHappy in that we are not overhappy.On Fortunes cap, we are not the very button. What is Hamlet like when he bursts into Ophelias room? POLONIUS My lord, I will use them according to theirdesert. gives me the lie i th throatAs deep as to the lungs? He wishes Polonius were as honest as a man selling fish. Latest answer posted December 18, 2020 at 11:36:35 AM. (II.i.) 360. Of course, getting to the point isn't exactly part of Polonius's skill set, but in another dozen lines he manages to get there. He knows that the course he has set upon is going to be destructive. He can not have Ophelia and her bumbling father around during this investigation. HAMLET Hark you, Guildenstern, and you tooat 405each ear a hearer! ROSENCRANTZ Truly, and I hold ambition of so airy 280and light a quality that it is but a shadows shadow. They have a good theater and a good reputation in the city. I remember one said there 465were no sallets in the lines to make the mattersavory, nor no matter in the phrase that might indictthe author of affection, but called it an honestmethod, as wholesome as sweet and, by very much,more handsome than fine. Now I am alone.O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!Is it not monstrous that this player here,But in a fiction, in a dream of passion,Could force his soul so to his own conceit 580That from her working all his visage wanned,Tears in his eyes, distraction in his aspect,A broken voice, and his whole function suitingWith forms to his conceitand all for nothing!For Hecuba! POLONIUS What a treasure had he, my lord? Good lads, how doyou both? for by the King. They grew up together.Claudius and Gertrude want them to help Halmet by spending time with him, but also they are hoping that they can figure out why Hamlet is mad. Rosencrantz tells him it's the troupe he always enjoyed so much in the city, the ones who put on tragedies. -young fortinbras was planning to attack Denmark-hearing of this uncle fortinbras stopped it telling young fortinbras to knock it off-now young fortinbras wants to fight Poland instead but he needs to march through Denmark to get there so he wants permission. HAMLET, aside Nay, then, I have an eye of you.Ifyou love me, hold not off. Rosencrantz has a bit of a giggle when Hamlet declared that men don't delight him, and Hamlet wants to know what's funny. In that act, however, he does tell his daughter,. He first lies down at her feet, and then, with her permission, lays his head in her lap. 75. HAMLET That you must teach me. POLONIUSTake this from this, if this be otherwise.If circumstances lead me, I will findWhere truth is hid, though it were hid, indeed, 170Within the center. What it should be,More than his fathers death, that thus hath put himSo much from th understanding of himselfI cannot dream of. He is trying to find a way to kill his Uncle Claudius. You are a fishmonger. Why have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern come to the castle? 610Why, what an ass am I! ROSENCRANTZ To think, my lord, if you delight not inman, what Lenten entertainment the players shall 340receive from you. Pray God your voice, like apiece of uncurrent gold, be not cracked within thering. What do you think of Poloniuss method of testing his hypothesis? 385. Had things been different, perhaps they would have married and had a long and happy life together. Ophelia promised to obey. GUILDENSTERN My lord, we were sent for. HAMLET Gentlemen, you are welcome to Elsinore.Your hands, come then. POLONIUSTh ambassadors from Norway, my good lord,Are joyfully returned. HAMLET: At supper. If Hamlet appears crazy enough to be mean to someone others think he loved, they may not watch him so closely or consider him a threatspecifically, Claudius, Old Hamlet's brother and murderer. I am sorry.What, have you given him any hard words of late? 195. Hamlet, on the other hand, is impressed and looking forward to hearing more. I'll wipe away all trivial fond records,All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past,That youth and observation copied there;And thy commandment all alone shall liveWithin the book and volume of my brain. What would he doHad he the motive and the cue for passionThat I have? The theory outlined in the above post seems just as reasonable as mine. Of course, we, as readers, know he's wrong right now, but the characters in the play don't. And only because he married his dead brother's wife. Polonius thinks that Hamlet is mad because he's crazy with love for Ophelia and she is ignoring him so he is depressed. KINGO, speak of that! You were sent 300for, and there is a kind of confession in your lookswhich your modesties have not craft enough tocolor. (I dont know the answer to this one either, so let me know if you do and Ill add it! You have me, have you not? OPHELIANo, my good lord, but as you did command 120I did repel his letters and deniedHis access to me. ROSENCRANTZ None, my lord, but that the worlds 255grown honest. Designed by GonThemes. Hamlet, however, has his own ruse going, so he deliberately misunderstands Polonius's questions. where? KING CLAUDIUS: At supper! HAMLET Then I would you were so honest a man. Why does Polonius think that Hamlet is "mad"? His seeming "love sick" behavior here and his rather callous comments coming up in Act 3 are a contradiction that keeps Polonius and Claudius on their toes about what is true when it comes to Hamlet. That great baby you see there isnot yet out of his swaddling clouts. Guildenstern and Rosencrantz agree to snoop aroundfor Hamlet's benefit, of coursethough we're sure the monetary reward is a helpful motivator, too. Why does Hamlet ask that this particular speech be recited? Summary Act III: Scene iv Summary: Act III, scene iv In Gertrude's chamber, the queen and Polonius wait for Hamlet's arrival. OPHELIA. to tell them their theory about why Hamlet is acting crazy. Hamlet's cray-cray behavior hasClaudius and Gertrude worried. Or really, for her to distance herself from him. HAMLET Then are our beggars bodies, and our monarchsand outstretched heroes the beggars shadows.Shall we to th court? Hamlet does love Ophelia, and that becomes very evident at her grave. If Reynaldo implies that he already knows about Laertes's faults (like maybe being a a bit of a drinker or gambler or a guy who goes to brothels on the regular), people will be more likely to say, "Oh, yeah. Hamlet will use the play to see if Claudius is guilty about murdering his brother. When Polonius says he's not a fishmonger, Hamlet essentially says that's too bad. Politics, however, change everything. HAMLET In the secret parts of Fortune? Of course, according to Polonius, this rejection by Ophelia led directly to Hamlet's mad behavior. Plays with child actors were all the rage in England at this time, which forced theater troupes featuring adults to take their shows on the road. Trumpets sound. What should Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have said to Claudius proposal? ROSENCRANTZ My lord, there was no such stuff in my 335thoughts. Chemistry Unit 2: Types of . REYNALDO My lord, that would dishonor him. Were you not sent for? What is Hamlets mood in act II? Hamlet says that while he agrees with the assessment (a direct insult to Polonius), he doesn't think it's very nice that someone wrote it down. ). What speech does Hamlet want? The main reason why Polonius thinks that Hamlet is mad is because of his obsessive love for Ophelia. You are welcome to Elsinore. 260. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern finally meet with Hamlet, and Hamlet discovers they were sent . Will they pursue the qualityno longer than they can sing? POLONIUSHave I, my lord? 160. Students also viewed. Come, a passionate speech. The King of Norway has forgiven his headstrong nephew, and has just one request of Claudius: that he allow Fortinbras to march through Denmark in order to attack Poland. HAMLET O Jephthah, judge of Israel, what a treasurehadst thou! But let me conjureyou by the rights of our fellowship, by the consonancyof our youth, by the obligation of our ever-preservedlove, and by what more dear a betterproposer can charge you withal: be even and direct 310with me whether you were sent for or no. First Player exits. But it was (as Ireceived it, and others whose judgments in suchmatters cried in the top of mine) an excellent play,well digested in the scenes, set down with as muchmodesty as cunning. they have come to find out why Hamlet is acting so strangly and to report their findings to the King Why does Polonius think Hamlet is acting strangely? HAMLET I am but mad north-north-west. HAMLET My lord, I have news to tell you: when Rosciuswas an actor in Rome 415. Their residence,both in reputation and profit, was better both ways. What does Hamlet tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern that denmark is like? What does Hamlet want to hear from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? REYNALDO Ay, my lord, I would know that. Up. He tells Polonius to provide the players with room and board and take excellent care of them. They're right in the middle, which, as Guidenstern points out, would be right around her "privates.". He's making fun of Polonius in two ways here: first, for not getting what's really going on, and second, for being crazy over-protective of his daughter. HAMLET No such matter. When Polonius says he has news, Hamlet says, "So do I," and then begins to relate a bit of news so old it's about Roman times. In hopes of finding out what's going on with Hamlet, they invite two of Hamlet's school friends to stay with them in Denmark. In fact, Polonius doesn't understand anything Hamlet says until Hamlet starts calling him Jephthah, judge of Israel. Hamlet also quips that honest men are rare in this world, something Polonius agrees with. I saw him in the casino yesterday, and yeah, he does love to bet on roulette." Bloody, bawdy villain! (You can decide if you think this is kingly or not.). They ask the friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to report back to the King and Queen with any information they can gather, and Gertrude lets them know they'll be rewarded for their efforts. Conception is ablessing, but, as your daughter may conceive,friend, look to t. ROSENCRANTZ Faith, there has been much to-do on 375both sides, and the nation holds it no sin to tarthem to controversy. In this respect, Hamlet uses Ophelia to further his objective. HAMLET O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell andcount myself a king of infinite space, were it notthat I have bad dreams. He wants Reynaldo to give him money and notes from Polonius, but before doing so, ask others about his behavior and spy on him. What is the title of the play Hamlet wants the players to put on? Something have you heard Of Hamlet's transformation so I call it The word sun may be in this case, a reference to Hamlet.). Yet I,A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peakLike John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause, 595And can say nothingno, not for a kingUpon whose property and most dear lifeA damned defeat was made. Ill speak to him again.What do you read, mylord? Start your 48-hour free trial to get access to more than 30,000 additional guides and more than 350,000 Homework Help questions answered by our experts. When Polonius offers to take leave of Hamlet, and Hamlet says there's nothing else Polonius could take that would make him happier, except, of course, his life. Gertrude and Claudius dismiss them and a few attendants take them away to see Hamlet. POLONIUS Indeed, thats out of the air. Thus: He reads. Why does he choose to appear like this to Ophelia? I think he is conflicted about the entire "ghost" thing: avenge his father's murder, but what if it's a spirit of darkness trying to trick him into forfeiting his immortal soul? I'm not so sure about the trust thing, as he confides only in Horatio and his realization that Ophelia has betrayed him to her father seems rather a surprise to him. He thinks Ophelia's rejections have been too much for Hamlet, that Hamlet is love-sick. Your noble son is mad.Mad call I it, for, to define true madness, 100What is t but to be nothing else but mad?But let that go. O Jephthah, judge of ISrael, what a treasure hadst thou! (Hamlet is comparing Polonius to Jephthah because both doomed their daughters to not having normal, full lives.) See you nowYour bait of falsehood take this carp of truth; 70And thus do we of wisdom and of reach,With windlasses and with assays of bias,By indirections find directions out.So by my former lecture and adviceShall you my son. It involvesspying on their children. That do I long to hear. While thisturns out to bethe beginning of an ultimate cruelty, Hamlet may have been trying to avoid hurting her feelings by simply scaring her away, if you will. Polonius doesn't want him to scandalize Laertes. For, by my fay, I cannotreason. When Polonius comes in, Hamlet mocks him openly, making fun of the fact that Polonius is coming in to tell him something he already knows: that the actors have arrived. Polonius, who continues to not get it, can only focus on the fact that Hamlet has mentioned Ophelia. From a tactical standpoint, Hamlet knows that whatever transpires between him and Ophelia will be carried straight back to her father and from her father to Claudius. Jephthah is a character from Judges 11, of the King James Bible, who inadvertently offers up his only child, a virgin girl, as human sacrifice in exchange for winning a battle. 185 I'll board him presently. Specifically, he plans to set up a meeting between Hamlet and Ophelia, in the location where Hamlet has taken to pacing for up to four hours at a time, and watch what happens. (long thing), I am going to tell you why you were sent for: Ive lost all my joy and dont do my daily routine, life is meaningless, it doesnt matter how beautiful things are to me it means nothing. That done, he lets me go,And, with his head over his shoulder turned,He seemed to find his way without his eyes, 110For out o doors he went without their helpsAnd to the last bended their light on me. HAMLET Anything but to th purpose. KINGWelcome, dear Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.Moreover that we much did long to see you,The need we have to use you did provokeOur hasty sending. He tells me, my dear Gertrude, he hath foundThe head and source of all your sons distemper. Welcome, my good friends.Say, Voltemand, what from our brother Norway? Polonius lets that one go, and as he leaves, Hamlet dismisses him as a tedious old fool. Seems like it would be more profitable for them to stay put. The actor gets so worked up by the description of Hecuba's emotion at her husband's death that he has tears in his eyes, and that's too much for Polonius. Enter King, Queen, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, with others.] Now gather and surmise.He reads. Does Polonius think he is mad? It'll take you less than five minutes.) Original Translation Trumpets sound. What is Polonius' plan for testing his theory that Hamlet is love-crazy? HAMLET I heard thee speak me a speech once, but itwas never acted, or, if it was, not above once; forthe play, I remember, pleased not the million: 460twas caviary to the general. HAMLET Then you live about her waist, or in the 250middle of her favors? HAMLET I will prophesy he comes to tell me of the 410players; mark it.You say right, sir, a Mondaymorning, twas then indeed.
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