Polonius plans to tell Claudius. Polonius believes that it is love that is driving Hamlet insane.
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.
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.
Claudius and Polonius justify becoming lawful spies primarily to uncover the truth about Hamlet's behavior. Claudius seeks to understand the cause of Hamlet's apparent madness, believing it may pose a threat to his rule. Polonius, driven by his desire to protect his daughter Ophelia and gain favor with the king, supports this espionage as a means to gather insights about Hamlet's intentions and emotions. Their actions reflect the themes of deception and manipulation in the play.
Polonius, Claudius, and Ophelia devise a plan to observe Hamlet's behavior and determine the cause of his apparent madness. They decide to use Ophelia as bait, encouraging her to interact with Hamlet while they secretly watch their encounter. This scheme aims to gather evidence about Hamlet's feelings and mental state, ultimately to confirm whether his madness is due to his love for Ophelia or if there are other underlying reasons.
Every behavior is due to some kind of external stimulus that triggers the behavior. This behavior emerges due to the fact that it has proven to increase fitness. The evolutionary cause behind the behavior, however, is called the ultimate cause. The proximate cause is what is immediately observed as causing the behavior. For example, birds will reproduce only at a certain time (behavior). This can be attributed to the declining sunlight received by the bird's photoreceptors (proximate cause). Or when movement is detected with the photoreceptors (proximate cause), and the reciprocated behavior in most animals is the flinch reaction (behavior).
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.
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.
Claudius and Polonius justify becoming lawful spies primarily to uncover the truth about Hamlet's behavior. Claudius seeks to understand the cause of Hamlet's apparent madness, believing it may pose a threat to his rule. Polonius, driven by his desire to protect his daughter Ophelia and gain favor with the king, supports this espionage as a means to gather insights about Hamlet's intentions and emotions. Their actions reflect the themes of deception and manipulation in the play.
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.
Polly died from sewing over candlelight. So the suspected cause of her death was probably fever, because she was in exhaution from the candlelight.
A scientific experiment
This would be: why Hamlet does not seek his revenge on Polonius upon discovering Polonius's murdering of Claudius, Hamlet's father. It is unknown why Hamlet does not kill Polonius until he has been cut with a poisoned sword and is already 'dead'. But it is essentially because he is too indecisive and pensive, when he should be impulsive and seek his immediate revenge.
scientific experiment
It is suspected that an infection with Parvovirus B19 may be one cause.
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Polonius, Claudius, and Ophelia devise a plan to observe Hamlet's behavior and determine the cause of his apparent madness. They decide to use Ophelia as bait, encouraging her to interact with Hamlet while they secretly watch their encounter. This scheme aims to gather evidence about Hamlet's feelings and mental state, ultimately to confirm whether his madness is due to his love for Ophelia or if there are other underlying reasons.
he think that hamlet is going mad due the love. the love between Hamlet and Ophelia.