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In "Hamlet", Polonious devises a plan to test his theory that Hamlet is madly in love with Ophelia, and since she is ignoring him, he is depressed. He plans to arrange for Hamlet and Ophelia to meet. He will hide close by and ease-drop to determine if he is correct in his assumption.
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In Hamlet what does Polonius want to do before they send Hamlet away?
Polonius is interested in seeing whether spying on Hamlet's conversation with Gertrude will justify his theory that Hamlet is mad for love. (see the end of Act 3 Scene 1)
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 is polonius plan to find the true cause of hamlet's antic disposition?
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.
How did Ophelia betray Hamlet's trust?
In what they call the Nunnery Scene, in Hamlet Act 3 Scene 1, Hamlet gets angry at Ophelia. The scene is very complicated and it is difficult to find a consistent explanation of the lines. In one theory, Hamlet becomes mad at Ophelia because he thinks she's become Claudius's courtesan. The situation is that Hamlet knows he was summoned there by Claudius. Claudius, himself, tells us that he summoned Hamlet. Hamlet finds Ophelia there, and then she returns the gifts he gave her, so Hamlet thinks Ophelia is returning his gifts because Claudius told her to. That's how it looks to him. Hamlet thinks he was summoned there by Claudius so Ophelia could return his gifts. Thus, Hamlet suspects that Ophelia must have gone over to Claudius. Hamlet thinks the same kind of thing has happened again that he's already seen, that being, first his mother went to Claudius and married him, then Hamlet's old friends R & G went to Claudius and started working for him, so now Hamlet thinks it's happened with Ophelia, too, when she returns his gifts, after Claudius summoned him there. And why would a lecherous old king be interested in a pretty young girl? Hamlet draws the obvious conclusion. He's gotten the tragically wrong idea that Ophelia is a prostitute. Here is another possible interpretation of what is going on. Hamlet expects Claudius to be behind the curtains and knows he is there watching this. He bumps into Ophelia. There is a lot he'd like to say to Ophelia, but he has to be careful because he is being overheard. She is going to return love-tokens to him (she is in fact doing this because her father told her to do it) His first thought is to deny it; he doesn't want Claudius to know about Ophelia and him. Then he thinks she is behaving oddly "Are you honest?" and she gets worried. Is he on to her? Hamlet then tries to tell her to get out of his life because he is too dangerous, and retire to a convent. "Why would thou be a breeder of sinners?" Then something happens, and he asks the question, "Where is your father?" Her answer gives away the fact that she knows that Polonius is behind the arras--she knew it all the time. Here he was trying to be nice to her, and she was selling him out. He is furious and instead of telling her to get to a "nunnery" that is a convent he tells her to get to the "nunnery" that is a brothel, because she had sold herself out like a prostitute. Ophelia certainly is Claudius's and Polonius's tool. She has engaged Hamlet in conversation knowing that the purpose of the thing is to trap him in front of the hidden witnesses. She has sold out to Claudius just like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and Gertrude have. But she has done so because she is very weak, dependent and somewhat dimwitted, and she is trying to be a dutiful daughter and obey her father, without reflecting on what this might mean for Hamlet, or that it implies choosing sides in some court intrigue. When she finds that out, it will drive her mad. Hamlet is wrong about Ophelia, but he doesn't know that. She hasn't really gone over to Claudius. However, Hamlet's mistaken idea makes him very angry.
In act 1 scene 4 what facts emerge from Hamlet's conversation with Horatio?
It's after midnight and it's cold out, but the King is still partying, firing off cannons and having trumpets play when he drinks. This is customary, which is probably why he is doing it, but Hamlet does not approve, probably because it is Claudius doing it. Nothing Claudius does is likely to look good to Hamlet. Hamlet also expresses the idea that people seek out the worst in others and condemn them on that basis. Some people have seen this as an endorsement of the "tragic flaw" theory, but this only proves that they are failing to listen, read or, most likely, think clearly.
What is polonius ' plan for testing his theory that Hamlet is love-crazy?
He plans to get Hamlet to talk to Ophelia, while he and Claudius are eavesdropping.
What is polonius's plan for testing his theory that Hamlet is mad because Ophelia has rejected him?
Have someone who is close to Hamlet engage him in conversation where there are spies listening in. He does this first with Ophelia and later with Gertrude.
In Hamlet what does Polonius want to do before they send Hamlet away?
Polonius is interested in seeing whether spying on Hamlet's conversation with Gertrude will justify his theory that Hamlet is mad for love. (see the end of Act 3 Scene 1)
What is Polonius27 plan for testing his theory that Hamlet is love crazy?
Polonius plans to have Hamlet meet with Ophelia while he and Claudius hide nearby so they can watch how he acts towards her. This way they will be able to see if, given the opportunity, he will show affection towards her or just continue on in his madness.
Does Polonius believes Hamlet acts so strangely because he is bored in Act 2 scene 1?
No, Polonius's theory is that Hamlet's behaviour is because he is in love with Ophelia, and when she gave him the cold shoulder he went crazy. "This is the very ecstasy of love." he says.
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 happened in Act 2 of Hamlet?
Polonius sends Reynaldo to spy on Laertes; Ophelia reports that Hamlet behaved weirdly in her bedroom; the King and Queen hire Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to find out what's up with Hamlet; Polonius tells the King and Queen his theory about Hamlet's madness; Polonius gets shown up as a fool by Hamlet; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern meet with Hamlet; he guesses their purpose and gives them the "What a piece of work" speech; the actors arrive and the main actor performs a speech of Aeneus' tale to Dido about the fall of Troy; Hamlet on his own delivers the "O what a rogue and peasant slave am I" soliloquy and decides to use the actors to reveal Claudius's guilt.
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 is polonius plan to find the true cause of hamlet's antic disposition?
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.
Why is polonius so eager to tell Claudius and Gertrude that hamlet is in love with his daughter?
Polonius never explicitly states what he feels about a marriage between Hamlet and Ophelia. In the play, Polonius urges Ophelia to stop interacting with Hamlet because he believes that Hamlet's duty to the royal family would not allow him to marry Ophelia despite what the young couple feels for each other. Basically, he doesn't believe a marriage between the two is even possible, so he's not "eager" for her to marry Hamlet.
Where does hamlet have a confrontation with gertrude?
Polonius is one of those people who, once he gets an idea, there's no shifting it. He has formed the idea that Hamlet is mad for Ophelia's love, and suggests that this can be proven by spying on the two of them from a concealed place. Claudius is not persuaded at all by this: "Love? His affections do not that way tend." But Polonius has a new idea (which is basically the same as the old one) that his ideas may be proven by spying on Hamlet's conversation with Gertrude from a concealed place. Claudius just wants to get rid of him by sending him to England. Polonius therefore views the conversation with Gertrude as his last chance to prove his theory. "If she find him not, to England send him, or confine him where your wisdom best may think."
Prior to hearing Polonius's theory what does Gertrude believe to be the cause of Hamlet's mental decline?
Gertrude says, "I doubt it is no other than the main: his father's death and our own o'erhasty marriage." Gertrude is right. It has nothing to do with Ophelia,
