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How did Laertes's words to Ophelia about Hamlet relate to what Polonius said to her about Hamlet?
Both Laertes and Polonius were telling Ophelia not to have anything to do with Hamlet, for different reasons. Laertes says that she should avoid Hamlet because, being a prince, he can be compelled to a political marriage whatever he feels. Polonius says that she should avoid Hamlet because he is only trying to get into her pants.
How did prince Hamlet die?
I think in a duel with Ophelia's brother. But Ophelia's brother died too, because of a poisoned sword. Maybe i should start from the beginning. Ophelia's brother chalenged Hamlet. Hamlet's uncle saw this as an oppurtunity to get rid of Hamlet. So he got Ophelia's brother to put poison on his sword. And just un case that didn't kill him, Hamlet's father also put poison in Hamlet's drink. But then Hamlet's mother, Gertrude, tried to drink the poison in a toast to her son. Hamlet's uncle tries to stop her, but it's too late. Meanwhile, the swords are switched in battle. Ophelia's brother dies, but forgives Hamlet in his last moments. When Hamlet's mother dies, Hamlet's uncle is revealed to be the murderer. Hamlet challenges him to a duel. They both die.
How does Polonius respond to his daughter?
Polonius may actually care about his daughter, Ophelia but it's not very evident in his actions. He clearly is more concerned with his own personal reputation than his 2 children, Laertes and Ophelia.
Why do you think Hamlet seems so angry with Ophelia?
In Act 3, Scene 1, Claudius and Polonius try to get Hamlet to reveal his private thoughts by setting up a meeting with his erstwhile girlfriend Ophelia. When Hamlet arrives, he probably knows full well that Claudius is lurking somewhere around but does not appear to be sure that Ophelia is party to the trap. Eventually, however, he figures out that Ophelia knows all about it and it makes him very angry.
What is Prince Hamlet's relationship to Ophelia?
That there is a romantic relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia there can be no doubt, but the text is irritatingly vague on just how far along it has progressed. Ophelia tells her father that Hamlet is wooing or courting her: "My lord, he hath importuned me with love in honourable fashion." Laertes calls it "the trifling of his favour", and argues that Hamlet's interest in her cannot be honourable as, being royalty, he has no control over who he marries. Therefore, Laertes concludes, Hamlet is just trying to get into her pants, and warns her not to allow her "chaste treasure open to his unmastered importunity". Her father echoes this: Hamlet's vows are "springes to catch woodcocks". Curiously both of them may have been wrong about Ophelia's chances of marrying Hamlet. Gertrude says at her funeral "I hoped thou should have been my Hamlet's wife." On the other hand neither Polonius nor Laertes think that this Hamlet/Ophelia romance has gone very far. He has sent her letters (perhaps a little indecent: "in her excellent white bosom these &c . . ." makes us wonder just exactly what words the "et cetera" is replacing and why Polonius does not want to finish the sentence) and made protests of love accompanied with all the vows of heaven. Have they gone farther? Some of the songs Ophelia sings in her madness suggest that they have: Quoth she "before thou tumbled me, you promised me to wed." He answers, "So would I have done by yonder sun, an thou had not come to my bed." These line may well be expressing the anguish and betrayal Ophelia feels because she has indeed opened her chaste treasure to Hamlet, who has abandoned her. Hamlet's feelings are difficult to discern. In the nunnery scene, he says one thing and then another: "I did love you once" then in the next line "I loved you not." Sometimes the nunnery he is talking about seems to be a convent, at others a brothel. Why is he so brutal to her during the Mousetrap play? His language is filthy. Could it be that Ophelia's complicity in Claudius and Polonius's spying have made him particularly bitter because they are closer than others imagine, and that she seems like a prostitute to him because she shares his bed one minute and betrays him the next? Or perhaps he knows that he is in terrible danger and is pushing her away to save her from being implicated in it. Be that as it may, his last word is: "I loved Ophelia--forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum." Perhaps this is just a reaction to Laertes's posturing and "the bravery of his grief put [Hamlet] into a towering passion". Or maybe this is Hamlet's anger with himself for allowing this opportunity for love to slip by him, and for destroying one he loved by his indifference.
Did laertes think ophelia had committed suicide in Hamlet?
No, or at least he doesn't want to think so. His line, "I tell thee, churlish priest, a ministering angel shall my sister be when thou liest howling." suggests that Laertes believed that Ophelia died free of sin.
How did Laertes's words to Ophelia about Hamlet relate to what Polonius said to her about Hamlet?
Both Laertes and Polonius were telling Ophelia not to have anything to do with Hamlet, for different reasons. Laertes says that she should avoid Hamlet because, being a prince, he can be compelled to a political marriage whatever he feels. Polonius says that she should avoid Hamlet because he is only trying to get into her pants.
What is the turning point in lamb to the slaughter?
When Hamlet kills Polonius. Before that point, Claudius was not focussed on Hamlet as a danger; afterward he was. By killing Polonius, Hamlet also destroyed Ophelia and made an enemy of Laertes. There was no more room for games after this point.
What does Polonius think is the cause of Hamlet's is mad?
he think that hamlet is going mad due the love. the love between Hamlet and Ophelia.
Why do you think king claudiious points laertes in Hamlets direction?
Because by that point King Claudius knows that Hamlet knows the truth about king Hamlet's death, so he tries to get rid of Hamlet using Laertes.
What tragedy of the plot could happen if hamlet does love Ophelia and if he doesn't love Ophelia?
What happens in the play makes as much sense if you think Hamlet didn't love Ophelia or if you think he did. Either way leads to the same tragic ending.
How did prince Hamlet die?
I think in a duel with Ophelia's brother. But Ophelia's brother died too, because of a poisoned sword. Maybe i should start from the beginning. Ophelia's brother chalenged Hamlet. Hamlet's uncle saw this as an oppurtunity to get rid of Hamlet. So he got Ophelia's brother to put poison on his sword. And just un case that didn't kill him, Hamlet's father also put poison in Hamlet's drink. But then Hamlet's mother, Gertrude, tried to drink the poison in a toast to her son. Hamlet's uncle tries to stop her, but it's too late. Meanwhile, the swords are switched in battle. Ophelia's brother dies, but forgives Hamlet in his last moments. When Hamlet's mother dies, Hamlet's uncle is revealed to be the murderer. Hamlet challenges him to a duel. They both die.
How does Polonius respond to his daughter?
Polonius may actually care about his daughter, Ophelia but it's not very evident in his actions. He clearly is more concerned with his own personal reputation than his 2 children, Laertes and Ophelia.
Why do you think Hamlet seems so angry with Ophelia?
In Act 3, Scene 1, Claudius and Polonius try to get Hamlet to reveal his private thoughts by setting up a meeting with his erstwhile girlfriend Ophelia. When Hamlet arrives, he probably knows full well that Claudius is lurking somewhere around but does not appear to be sure that Ophelia is party to the trap. Eventually, however, he figures out that Ophelia knows all about it and it makes him very angry.
Why does Ophelia come to see her father after her encounter with Hamlet?
They are not. Gertrude does say that she hoped Ophelia and Hamlet would marry, but she didn't bother saying that while Ophelia was alive, so she was hardly eager. Polonius told Ophelia to give Hamlet the cold shoulder, since he thought Hamlet was only trying to get into her pants. He did not want Hamlet to fall for Ophelia at all (and he sure didn't think he would do so), but he comes to the conclusion later that Hamlet has in fact fallen in love with Ophelia. He's not exactly happy about that, but what he is happy about is that he can 1) be the first to tell the king, thus making him look smart, and 2) use Ophelia as bait to find out more about Hamlet.
How do you think Ophelia treated Hamlet and if you were Ophelia how would you treat him?
Ophelia treated Hamlet with love and affection, but she was also caught in the conflict between her loyalty to her father, Polonius, and her feelings for him. Her interactions with Hamlet reveal a mix of confusion, sadness, and longing, particularly as he pushes her away in his feigned madness. If I were Ophelia, I would try to communicate openly with Hamlet, expressing my feelings while also seeking to understand his struggles, hoping to bridge the gap created by the surrounding turmoil.
What is Prince Hamlet's relationship to Ophelia?
That there is a romantic relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia there can be no doubt, but the text is irritatingly vague on just how far along it has progressed. Ophelia tells her father that Hamlet is wooing or courting her: "My lord, he hath importuned me with love in honourable fashion." Laertes calls it "the trifling of his favour", and argues that Hamlet's interest in her cannot be honourable as, being royalty, he has no control over who he marries. Therefore, Laertes concludes, Hamlet is just trying to get into her pants, and warns her not to allow her "chaste treasure open to his unmastered importunity". Her father echoes this: Hamlet's vows are "springes to catch woodcocks". Curiously both of them may have been wrong about Ophelia's chances of marrying Hamlet. Gertrude says at her funeral "I hoped thou should have been my Hamlet's wife." On the other hand neither Polonius nor Laertes think that this Hamlet/Ophelia romance has gone very far. He has sent her letters (perhaps a little indecent: "in her excellent white bosom these &c . . ." makes us wonder just exactly what words the "et cetera" is replacing and why Polonius does not want to finish the sentence) and made protests of love accompanied with all the vows of heaven. Have they gone farther? Some of the songs Ophelia sings in her madness suggest that they have: Quoth she "before thou tumbled me, you promised me to wed." He answers, "So would I have done by yonder sun, an thou had not come to my bed." These line may well be expressing the anguish and betrayal Ophelia feels because she has indeed opened her chaste treasure to Hamlet, who has abandoned her. Hamlet's feelings are difficult to discern. In the nunnery scene, he says one thing and then another: "I did love you once" then in the next line "I loved you not." Sometimes the nunnery he is talking about seems to be a convent, at others a brothel. Why is he so brutal to her during the Mousetrap play? His language is filthy. Could it be that Ophelia's complicity in Claudius and Polonius's spying have made him particularly bitter because they are closer than others imagine, and that she seems like a prostitute to him because she shares his bed one minute and betrays him the next? Or perhaps he knows that he is in terrible danger and is pushing her away to save her from being implicated in it. Be that as it may, his last word is: "I loved Ophelia--forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum." Perhaps this is just a reaction to Laertes's posturing and "the bravery of his grief put [Hamlet] into a towering passion". Or maybe this is Hamlet's anger with himself for allowing this opportunity for love to slip by him, and for destroying one he loved by his indifference.
