Discussion In Act 3, Scene 3, Hamlet has an opportunity to kill Claudius, but he does not act. One scene later, however, Hamlet does not hesitate at all when he kills Polonius in Gertrude’s chamber. Why is Hamlet able to act in Scene 4 but not in Scene 3? What does this tell readers and […]
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Do you believe Hamlet’s claim that he truly loved Ophelia-not? What textual evidence in the play supports your view?
Does Hamlet love Ophelia? When Hamlet returns to Denmark in Act 5, his first public act is to attack Laertes and declare, “I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers / Could not with all their quantity of love / Make up my sum” (5.1. 285-287). Do you believe Hamlet’s claim that he truly loved Ophelia or […]
What is Polonius telling Reynaldo to do in II.i-What does this tell us about Polonius and his way of thinking and acting?
Journal Respose 11 1. What is Polonius telling Reynaldo to do in II.i? What does this tell us about Polonius and his way of thinking and acting? 2. Why is Ophelia so upset when she enters at II.i? What has happened to her? Does Hamlet’s appearance (in her telling) as a madman (a distracted lover) […]
