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Q: How would Ophelia advise Laertes to be a better brother and role model?
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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 many tricks and poisons does it take to kill Hamlet?

Laertes had planned to kill Hamlet by fencing with him with a real pointed sword, not a harmless one with a button on the end. He has also poisoned the end of the sword. The idea is that Laertes is a better swordsman and will be able to skewer Hamlet with the poisoned rapier. Unfortunately for him, Hamlet is actually the better swordsman. It looks like Laertes is never going to touch him within the context of a duel. Thus Laertes abandons the polite conventions of duelling, and with the line "Have at you now!" attacks Hamlet in earnest. This does enable him to wound Hamlet, but in the scramble Hamlet gets hold of the pointy rapier and fatally wounds Laertes as well. Some productions show Laertes actually stabbing Hamlet in the back, but the above is more consistent with the text.


Does Hamlet pretend not to love Ophelia for his plan?

It's very possible that Hamlet distances himself from Ophelia for strategic reasons. He may have assessed her as a potential ally and rejected her (all that holding her at arms length in her closet stuff) as being unsuitable because she is a weak person. He may have sensed her dependence on Polonius and have pushed her away because if she knew anything about him she would give him away. He may have kept her at arm's length to protect her from the danger he knew would come to him. Or the idea of being a loner may have suited better with the picture he was trying to create of himself as being unbalanced and possibly suicidal. Any combination of these is possible. On the other hand one can make a consistent reading where Hamlet doesn't actually love Ophelia at all and all his "I loved Ophelia! Forty thousand brothers with all their quantity of love could not make up my sum." is just bravado fueled by his jealousy of Laertes' genuine love for Ophelia.


Does Claudius plan to have Hamlet killed in a duel with Laertes?

Laertes plans on killing Hamlet by challenging him to a duel. Laertes will have a sharper blade than needed, and this blade will have posion on it, so if Hamlet gets cut during the battle, he will die. If Laertes fails, King Claudius will posion Hamlet at dinner following the duel.


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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.


Laertes thinks that ophelia should have a better funeral service?

Indeed! Ophelia is being given a shortened funeral service out of suspicion that she killed herself. Someone who kills herself died in a state of sin, since suicide is a sin and there was no opportunity to be forgiven, and so she really shouldn't even be buried on holy ground. Someone's pulled some strings behind the scenes, so the priest is compromising by giving her a lackluster funeral. Laertes is upset at this disrespect toward his sister, just as he was upset that his father wasn't mourned with more pomp.


How many tricks and poisons does it take to kill Hamlet?

Laertes had planned to kill Hamlet by fencing with him with a real pointed sword, not a harmless one with a button on the end. He has also poisoned the end of the sword. The idea is that Laertes is a better swordsman and will be able to skewer Hamlet with the poisoned rapier. Unfortunately for him, Hamlet is actually the better swordsman. It looks like Laertes is never going to touch him within the context of a duel. Thus Laertes abandons the polite conventions of duelling, and with the line "Have at you now!" attacks Hamlet in earnest. This does enable him to wound Hamlet, but in the scramble Hamlet gets hold of the pointy rapier and fatally wounds Laertes as well. Some productions show Laertes actually stabbing Hamlet in the back, but the above is more consistent with the text.


Does Hamlet pretend not to love Ophelia for his plan?

It's very possible that Hamlet distances himself from Ophelia for strategic reasons. He may have assessed her as a potential ally and rejected her (all that holding her at arms length in her closet stuff) as being unsuitable because she is a weak person. He may have sensed her dependence on Polonius and have pushed her away because if she knew anything about him she would give him away. He may have kept her at arm's length to protect her from the danger he knew would come to him. Or the idea of being a loner may have suited better with the picture he was trying to create of himself as being unbalanced and possibly suicidal. Any combination of these is possible. On the other hand one can make a consistent reading where Hamlet doesn't actually love Ophelia at all and all his "I loved Ophelia! Forty thousand brothers with all their quantity of love could not make up my sum." is just bravado fueled by his jealousy of Laertes' genuine love for Ophelia.


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Is Hamlet obsessively in love with ophelia or is he a insensitive womanizer?

Hamlet's relationship with Ophelia can be played many different ways. Either of these is possible, and are problematic. If Hamlet is obsessed with love for Ophelia, why does he never talk about his feelings for her until after she is dead? When he talks to himself, wouldn't he talk like Romeo in Romeo and Juliet ("What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Ophelia is the sun!") or Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona ("What light is light if Ophelia be not seen? What joy is joy is Ophelia be not by?"). Instead the woman he talks about is his mother. And if he is an insensitive womanizer (He certainly is insensitive, if not cruel, toward Ophelia) you'd think there'd be some evidence of his having a relationship with at least one woman other than Ophelia and his mother. There is no such evidence. Consider the banter he has with his erstwhile schoolchums Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Surely you'd expect him to say "In the secret parts of fortune? Most true, she is a strumpet, like that black-haired wench at the Frog and Peach, remember? Wo-ho-ho!" But he doesn't. Less problematic interpretations have Hamlet genuinely loving Ophelia but not obsessively. His other troubles are more important to him. When he finds that she has betrayed him he is angry and attacks her viciously. But that's because he expected something better from her.


Was emperor Claudius insane?

Absolutely not. Although not politically experienced and leaning heavily on the advise of those around him, he was one of the better emperors, leaving the empire financially sound and in relative peace.Absolutely not. Although not politically experienced and leaning heavily on the advise of those around him, he was one of the better emperors, leaving the empire financially sound and in relative peace.Absolutely not. Although not politically experienced and leaning heavily on the advise of those around him, he was one of the better emperors, leaving the empire financially sound and in relative peace.Absolutely not. Although not politically experienced and leaning heavily on the advise of those around him, he was one of the better emperors, leaving the empire financially sound and in relative peace.Absolutely not. Although not politically experienced and leaning heavily on the advise of those around him, he was one of the better emperors, leaving the empire financially sound and in relative peace.Absolutely not. Although not politically experienced and leaning heavily on the advise of those around him, he was one of the better emperors, leaving the empire financially sound and in relative peace.Absolutely not. Although not politically experienced and leaning heavily on the advise of those around him, he was one of the better emperors, leaving the empire financially sound and in relative peace.Absolutely not. Although not politically experienced and leaning heavily on the advise of those around him, he was one of the better emperors, leaving the empire financially sound and in relative peace.Absolutely not. Although not politically experienced and leaning heavily on the advise of those around him, he was one of the better emperors, leaving the empire financially sound and in relative peace.


What is the priest answer about ophelia having a better funeral service?

He didn't agree with her having a Christian service, because of the fact that she killed herself, but no one really knows for sure if she did.


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