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What is polonius ' plan for testing his theory that Hamlet is love-crazy?
He plans to get Hamlet to talk to Ophelia, while he and Claudius are eavesdropping.
Why does polonius hide behind the queen curtain does she know that he is there?
It's actually an arras that Polonius hides behind. Both times Polonius hides behind an arras, he does so to eavesdrop on what Hamlet says to somebody else. First, Polonius hides to listen to Hamlet talk to Ophelia, then later, he hides to listen to Hamlet talk to Gertrude.
What is Polonius' plan for testing his theory that Hamlet is love-crazy?
In "Hamlet", Polonious devises a plan to test his theory that Hamlet is madly in love with Ophelia, and since she is ignoring him, he is depressed. He plans to arrange for Hamlet and Ophelia to meet. He will hide close by and ease-drop to determine if he is correct in his assumption.
Who reports the strange behavior of Hamlet in Hamlet by William Shakespeare?
In the second act, Polonius reports to King Claudius and Queen Gertrude that his daughter, Ophelia, witnessed Hamlet behaving oddly, but it is implied that his behaviour is the talk of the castle.
Presume that Hamlet did know that Polonius was listening to his talk with Ophelia What sentence do you think Hamlet might have specifically intended Polonius to hear?
Part of the answer has to depend on when you think Hamlet figures out that Polonius is listening in. If you think Hamlet knew from the start, then he may be saying "No, I never gave thee ought." to make Polonius think that their relationship was less serious than it really was. Or possibly the return of the love-tokens tips him off, and his lines "Are you honest?" and "Are you fair?" are really intended for Polonius. Perhaps "Get thee to a nunnery" is intended for Polonius (perhaps to make him think Hamlet as angry with Ophelia to try to save her from being implicated in Hamlet's problems), and "We are arrant knaves all; believe none of us" is to Ophelia so she knows he's not really mad at her. A number of people believe that Hamlet might become aware of Polonius's presence immediately before the line "Where's your father?" (Although possibly that may be when Hamlet discovers that Ophelia knows that Polonius is listening, or when he discovers that she has been planted by Polonius). In that case the lines "It hath made me mad", and "I say let us have no more marriages" may be directed to Polonius, the first to help reinforce the illusion that he's crazy and the second to get in a sly dig at Claudius and Gertrude.
What do the king and polonius decide about Hamlet's condition after eavesdropping on Hamlet and Ophelia?
Polonius believes that Hamlet is acting strangely because he is in love with his daughter, Ophelia. Polonius had earlier instructed Ophelia to cut off contact with Hamlet and that is what Polonius thinks is making Hamlet mad.
What did polonius hide behind?
It's actually an arras that Polonius hides behind. Both times Polonius hides behind an arras, he does so to eavesdrop on what Hamlet says to somebody else. First, Polonius hides to listen to Hamlet talk to Ophelia, then later, he hides to listen to Hamlet talk to Gertrude.
How would you summarize Act 3 Scene 1 in Hamlet?
Polonius and Claudius send Ophelia to talk to Hamlet to see how he responds to her. They wanted to find out if Hamlet truly was mad because of his love for Ophelia.Hamlet asks whether it is better to live or not to live. Should people suffer with what is going on around them or should they fight? He says that the only reason he and other people are not committing suicide is because they are scared of what might happen to them after death.The king's view has changed. He does not believe that the madness was caused by his love for Ophelia"Madness in great ones must not unwatched go." The king says this because he is not truly sure if Hamlet is mad because of Ophelia or not. He realizes that Hamlet is clever and could be up to something. He could think that Hamlet knew that Polonius and he were spying on him with Ophelia.
Will ophelia obey her father?
She agrees to her father's charge and will have nothing to do with Hamlet. Polonius has said to her, "I would not, in plain terms, from this time forth, have you slander any moment leisure as to give word or talk with the Lord Hamlet." At this point in the play (Act 1 Scene 3), he has not asked her to spy on Hamlet yet.
Who tells ophelia to get to a nunnery?
Ophelia is definitely very hurt by what Hamlet has said. Hamlet saying such a phrase only further pushes Ophelia's feeling that she was cheated by Hamlet, that the love they had together earlier was not real.
Who is not a main character in hamlet?
It's easier to talk about who is related to whom. Hamlet is Gertrude's son and Claudius's nephew and stepson, and of course the son of the Ghost. Polonius is Laertes's father and Ophelia's father. Everyone else is unrelated.
Who was Hamlet's beloved in Shakespeare's Hamlet?
Hamlet's girlfriend is Ophelia. Does he want to marry her? He doesn't really say. He has "made tenders of his affection", he has "importuned [Ophelia] with love in honourable fashion", he says in his love letter "never doubt I love", and "but that I love thee best, oh most best, believe it", he says in the nunnery scene "I did love you once", and says at her funeral "I loved Ophelia". He often says he loves her but doesn't talk of marriage.Perhaps it is because he is closely related to the king and queen and the presumed heir to the throne that he steers clear of this topic. In the reign of Bloody Mary, Thomas Seymour was executed in part for suggesting that he might marry Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth. Love was a personal matter, but marriage was a state matter. That is why Laertes cautions Ophelia, "His will is not his own. He may not, as unvalued persons do, carve for himself."Gertrude, on the other hand, was thinking of marriage between Hamlet and Ophelia. "I hoped thou shouldst have been my Hamlet's wife."
