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Presume that Hamlet did know that Polonius was listening to his talk with Ophelia What sentence do you think Hamlet might have specifically intended Polonius to hear?
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Part of the answer has to depend on when you think Hamlet figures out that Polonius is listening in. If you think Hamlet knew from the start, then he may be saying "No, I never gave thee ought." to make Polonius think that their relationship was less serious than it really was. Or possibly the return of the love-tokens tips him off, and his lines "Are you honest?" and "Are you fair?" are really intended for Polonius. Perhaps "Get thee to a nunnery" is intended for Polonius (perhaps to make him think Hamlet as angry with Ophelia to try to save her from being implicated in Hamlet's problems), and "We are arrant knaves all; believe none of us" is to Ophelia so she knows he's not really mad at her.
A number of people believe that Hamlet might become aware of Polonius's presence immediately before the line "Where's your father?" (Although possibly that may be when Hamlet discovers that Ophelia knows that Polonius is listening, or when he discovers that she has been planted by Polonius). In that case the lines "It hath made me mad", and "I say let us have no more marriages" may be directed to Polonius, the first to help reinforce the illusion that he's crazy and the second to get in a sly dig at Claudius and Gertrude.
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What sentence do you think Hamlet specifically intended polonius to hear?
I assume we are discounting the various lines which Hamlet directs to Polonius' questions in the three scenes where he has a conversation with him: "Words, words, words", "You cannot, sir, take from me anything which I would more willingly part withal", "Do you see yonder cloud which is in the shape of a camel?", "Have you a daughter?", "Buz, buz", "O Jeptha, judge of Israel, what a treasure had thou?" I think Hamlet intended Polonius to hear all these lines. I doubt if he intended Polonius to hear the things he said to Gertrude in the closet scene, even though Polonius did hear them. There are other things which Hamlet says which Polonius overhears which he might have intended Polonius to overhear. The line "These tedious old fools!" is one. The entire soliloquy "To be or not to be" and some or all of the scene with Ophelia which follows is another. The line "Where is your father?" suggests that at least at this point Hamlet is aware of Polonius and intends him to hear.
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What does time be thine and thy best graces spend it at thy will In Shakespeare?
It's an odd sentence, isn't it? Laertes has just been asking the king, Claudius, for permission to leave Denmark and go back to France. Claudius asks Polonius if he is in agreement, and Polonius says he is. Accordingly, Claudius gives permission. But the words he uses are "Take thy fair hour, Laertes. Time be thine and thy best graces spend it at thy will." Instead of giving him permission, he says he is giving him an hour, some time. This would be the right thing to say if Laertes was saying, "Your majesty, I know I have to leave for Paris but do you think I could have an hour to say goodbye to my father and sister?" Then it would make sense to reply "Take your hour. That time is yours to spend as you will." It should be noted that in the First Quarto version of the play, Claudius says simply, "With all our heart, Laertes. Fare thee well." Did Shakespeare revise the line thinking to revise those of Laertes and Polonius as well, but either didn't get around to it, or changed his mind and then didn't change Claudius's line back? It's a mystery.
What sentence do you think Hamlet specifically intended polonius to hear?
I assume we are discounting the various lines which Hamlet directs to Polonius' questions in the three scenes where he has a conversation with him: "Words, words, words", "You cannot, sir, take from me anything which I would more willingly part withal", "Do you see yonder cloud which is in the shape of a camel?", "Have you a daughter?", "Buz, buz", "O Jeptha, judge of Israel, what a treasure had thou?" I think Hamlet intended Polonius to hear all these lines. I doubt if he intended Polonius to hear the things he said to Gertrude in the closet scene, even though Polonius did hear them. There are other things which Hamlet says which Polonius overhears which he might have intended Polonius to overhear. The line "These tedious old fools!" is one. The entire soliloquy "To be or not to be" and some or all of the scene with Ophelia which follows is another. The line "Where is your father?" suggests that at least at this point Hamlet is aware of Polonius and intends him to hear.
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