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don't think polonius follows his advice by sending someone to spy on his son he proves this to be true
In Hamlet, Reynaldo is obligated to follow the instructions given to him by Polonius because Polonius is his superior Polonius sent Reynaldo to Paris so he could spy on Laertes for him..
Clearly he believes that Laertes cannot be trusted. And this seems fair, since certainly Polonius cannot be trusted.
Both are attempting to draw out someone's secrets under the guise of friendship.
It has the effect of putting people to sleep. Even Polonius cannot keep track of what he is saying. Reynaldo, surprisingly, is keeping up with him and is able to put him back on track.
don't think polonius follows his advice by sending someone to spy on his son he proves this to be true
In Hamlet, Reynaldo is obligated to follow the instructions given to him by Polonius because Polonius is his superior Polonius sent Reynaldo to Paris so he could spy on Laertes for him..
Reynaldo is his employee.
Clearly he believes that Laertes cannot be trusted. And this seems fair, since certainly Polonius cannot be trusted.
Both are attempting to draw out someone's secrets under the guise of friendship.
Reynaldo is a spy who is supposed to spy on Laertes.
Polonius sends Reynaldo to spy on Laertes. He is specifically tasked with asking around town in a roundabout manner.
To France, so he can spy on Laertes.
It has the effect of putting people to sleep. Even Polonius cannot keep track of what he is saying. Reynaldo, surprisingly, is keeping up with him and is able to put him back on track.
Polonius expects Laertes, when he is in Paris, to spend his time in pubs, brothels and gambling dens. He sends Reynaldo to spy on him and observe all his faults, and presumably to report back to Polonius. Why does Polonius do this? Because he loves spying on people. We will see him use this technique on Hamlet later on.
Reynaldo is being sent to spy on Laertes. Polonius authorizes him to accuse Laertes of all kinds of immoral behaviour to find out from his associates whether he is in fact involved in it. The fact that this will tarnish Laertes's reputation in the process does not seem to bother him.
• If Reynaldo follows Polonius’ instruction, he will essentially ruin Laertes’ reputation while trying to gather information.