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How has Polonius' remark in Act 1 that hamlets words of love to ophelia were only springs to catch woodcocks become central to the action of the play?
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"Springes" (not springs) are traps. Hamlet is all about people trying to trap other people. First we have Claudius and Polonius trying to trap Hamlet into making some admission about the cause of his apparent lunacy. The bait they use in these traps is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, then Ophelia, and finally Gertrude. Meanwhile Hamlet sets a trap "The Mousetrap" to get a confession of guilt out of Claudius and it works. By the end of act three, Hamlet and Claudius no longer need to set traps for information. Claudius sends Hamlet to England to collect Danegeld, but it is really a trap to kill Hamlet. Hamlet is not caught, but Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are "hoist with their own petard" and die. Claudius and Laertes set new traps for Hamlet, but these end up killing Laertes and Gertrude and exposing Claudius, enabling Hamlet to kill him without opposition from whoever is left alive at that point.
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Was Ophelia hamlets girlfriend or wife?
Hamlet was her boyfriend. Polonius was her father. Laertes was her brother. Claudius was her father's employer and her boyfriend's father. Gertrude seems to have been a bit of a surrogate mother to Ophelia.
What is polonius theory about Hamlets behavior?
Polonius is a character, not a theme. And what tells us about the characters in the play is 1. What they do, 2. What they say about themselves and 3. What others say about them, in that order.
What cause does Polonius give for Hamlets madness?
Polonius is sure that Hamlet has gone mad with love for Ophelia. See these lines by Polonius in Act 2 scene 1: ~Polonius: Come, go with me! I will go seek the King;This is the very ecstasy of love,...Ophelia: ... I did repel his letters, and denied His access to me.Polonius: That hath made him mad;~ So Polonius thinks Hamlet is suffering from the "ecstasy of love" for Ophelia, which has driven him mad.
Who is polonius in Hamlet?
Polonius is the chief counselor to the king, and also the father of Ophelia and Laertes.
Who is ophelia in Hamlet?
Ophelia is hamlets love interest.
Was Ophelia hamlets girlfriend or wife?
Hamlet was her boyfriend. Polonius was her father. Laertes was her brother. Claudius was her father's employer and her boyfriend's father. Gertrude seems to have been a bit of a surrogate mother to Ophelia.
What is polonius theory about Hamlets behavior?
Polonius is a character, not a theme. And what tells us about the characters in the play is 1. What they do, 2. What they say about themselves and 3. What others say about them, in that order.
What cause does Polonius give for Hamlets madness?
Polonius is sure that Hamlet has gone mad with love for Ophelia. See these lines by Polonius in Act 2 scene 1: ~Polonius: Come, go with me! I will go seek the King;This is the very ecstasy of love,...Ophelia: ... I did repel his letters, and denied His access to me.Polonius: That hath made him mad;~ So Polonius thinks Hamlet is suffering from the "ecstasy of love" for Ophelia, which has driven him mad.
Who is polonius in Hamlet?
Polonius is the chief counselor to the king, and also the father of Ophelia and Laertes.
Who is Ophelia's father?
Polonius.
Who is ophelia in Hamlet?
Ophelia is hamlets love interest.
What does polonius tell claduis and Gertrude?
Polonius tells Claudius and Gertrude that Ophelia and Hamlet have had a relationship which Polonius had Ophelia break off, and that this might be the cause of Hamlet's wild behaviour.
Who kills herself in hamlets play?
Ophelia
What news did Gertrude give to Laertes?
Ophelia tells her father polonius that her boyfriend Hamlet has gone insane.
How do polonius and ophelia interpret hamlet's visit?
Polonius: Mad for thy love? Ophelia: My lord I do not know, but truly do I fear it.
What plan do the king and polonius devise to test whether or not this cause of hamlets conduct is love for ophelia?
To spy on him. First of all he wants to spy on him when interacting with Ophelia, and when this fails to support his theory, he wants to spy on him while interacting with Gertrude.
What does Hamlet tell ophelia about Hamlets decleration of affection?
He claims at one point it was false, with the implication that he was just trying to get into her pants. We probably shouldn't believe him; it's all part of the act. Ophelia is often depicted as taking this rather hard, since it's what Laertes and Polonius warned her might be happening.
