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What are the different meanings of the word Polonius plays with when he scolds Ophelia?
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The word is "tender" Ophelia has said that Hamlet has "made many tenders of his affection to me." What she means is "offers", you know, like when a contract is put up for tender? The highest tender (or the highest offer) will usually be accepted.
Polonius comes back with this: "Think yourself a baby, that you have ta'en these tenders for true pay which are not sterling. Tender yourself more dearly, or (not to crack the wind of the phrase), tend'ring it thus you'll tender me a fool."
The first tender means "money" like legal tender, except that Polonius says it's counterfeit (not sterling).
"Tender yourself more dearly" reverts to the offer meaning: she should offer herself at a higher price. It also has the secondary meaning of "to hold": she should hold herself as being more valuable.
"Tend'ring" I have glossed in my edition as "holding"; I think it makes more sense as "offering"
"Tender me a fool" may have multiple meanings. This "tender" means "present, or give". In one sense, he means "you present me to the world as a fool; you make me look foolish." In another "fool" can mean "child" (like King Lear's "and my poor fool is dead"), so he can mean "you will present me with a child." His meaning is that if she carries on this way, she's going to be holding a baby.
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