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In Act 1 Scene 3 Polonius is very insulting toward Ophelia, calling her a "green girl", and suggesting that she is incapable of assessing Hamlet's behaviour toward her. His message is that only he, Polonius, understands Hamlet (as he does not), and that she must obey and not try to think for herself. Her attempt to suggest that Hamlet might be honest in his affection is beaten down with insults. This seems to be the message she gets all the time from her family. We see Laertes treat her similarly earlier in the scene. Ophelia seems so tentative in her opinions: "My lord, I know not what to think", "My Lord, I do not know, but I do fear it" in Act 2 Scene 2. This would be a plausible result of long-term emotional abuse.
Does Hamlet abuse Ophelia? This is a more complex question. He is certainly rude and angry in Act III Scene 1 "Get thee to a nunnery!" and his public behaviour toward her at the play-within-a-play is appalling. ("Shall I lie in your lap?" is the equivalent of saying "May I come in your pants?") But his anger and contempt probably springs from his knowledge that not only was she the bait offered by Polonius to trap him, but she was privy to the trap all the time. There does not seem to be a pattern of abuse; Ophelia seems to be puzzled and confused by his behaviour ("Oh, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown")
Likewise, Hamlet is pretty tough on his mother in the closet scene. But then, he believes her to be privy to his father's death. "Almost as bad, dear mother, as kill a king and marry with his brother." His intent is to shame her and to persuade her to abandon Claudius, which she does without being forced, and they end the scene almost tenderly.
Claudius is invariably tender and loving to Gertrude; he loves her dearly. That is why it is so sad when she goes to drink the poisoned wine. He says, "Gertrude, do not drink" but he cannot say out loud why she should not without exposing himself as a murderer. At this point, he must choose between himself and his loved one and shows his weakness by choosing himself.
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Where does Hamlet's father lure Hamlet to finally speak to him?
Hamlet's father dies (was murdered) before the play begins so in the first act first scene he appears as a ghost. The ghost appears on the battlements of the castles and is first seen by the sentries up there. It is these men that inform Hamlet of the appearance of his father's ghost.
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What is the forward action in the play trifles?
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How was shakespeare sexiest in hamlet?
Shakespeare was not a particularly sexy actor; those parts all went to the leading man Richard Burbage. (Mind you there was that anecdote about the fan who wanted to sleep with Burbage after seeing him play Richard III, but Shakespeare got there first. This is a real story from Shakespeare's time, but is likely a joke and not a rumour. Nevertheless, it proves that someone thought Shakespeare was sexy). In Hamlet, Shakespeare was supposed to have played the ghost which was not a sexy part at all, not even when he shows up in his widow's bedroom. Or did you mean "sexist" as opposed to "sexiest"? If so, it is true that the character of Ophelia is mistreated and marginalized by all the men in her life: her father, her brother and her boyfriend. Her brother gives her a pile of advice about not going too far with Hamlet who is not in control of who he marries, being a prince. She snaps back that he should follow his own freaking advice. Her father tells her she should lay off Hamlet because young men do all their thinking with their pants. More obnoxiously, he uses her as bait to get Hamlet to reveal his secrets where he can be overheard. Hamlet catches on (maybe Ophelia intended that he should) and he gets violently angry and unbelievably rude and demeaning to her as a result. The other woman in the play, Hamlet's mother Gertrude, is portrayed as a strong silent type who is totally adored by her husband. (By both of them, actually) But Hamlet for some reason is really angry with her from the start for marrying Uncle Claudius, and he does some pretty rude and mean things to her as well. But here's the thing: just because Shakespeare has Hamlet say "Now could I drink hot blood" does not make Shakespeare a vampire. Hamlet is quite mean and rude to the women in his life, and is actually quite a misogynist, but that does not mean that Shakespeare was that way. In fact, Hamlet's misogynistic attitude contrasts with what we see of the women Hamlet is dealing with, so we know that we cannot take Hamlet's assessment of Ophelia's or Gertrude's character (or much else, actually) as gospel. Hamlet may be sexist, but that does not mean that Shakespeare was.
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