Today in class we went over Act two, Scene ii. We mainly talked about Claudius and Gertrude's idea of "hiring" Hamlets old friends and paying them to find Hamlet and talk to him. Claudius and Gertrude want to know what their son is up to. They are going to spy on him and pay his old friends to do it. Hamlet is being spied, this idea came from his own mother, concluding she made a very low and bad decision. Gertrude are only doing this for his own protection. It would have been better to have a "family meeting" but that idea didn't go too far. Another occurance is going on between Ophelia and Hamlet. Hamlet was found in Ophelia's room by her own self and gave her a long note. Ophelia and her father, Polonious, agrees to tell the king and queen about Hamlet and his insanity. They believe Hamlet is crazy and need him to stay away from Ophelia. Then Polonius makes a vow to the King (page 93) saying he is so convinced he is right. While all of this is occuring, in Norway, Fortinbras' uncle finds out young Fortinbras planned to attck Denmark without him knowing. The king (Fortinbras' unlce) punishs fortinbras and tells him he can only fight Poland but the shortest way to Poland is through Denmark. Fortinbras has to sign an agreement with his uncle to not attack Denmark.....
this is what is going on in act two scene ii
kelley o
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can anyone list the things hamlet specifically does to warrant that people think he is completely crazy and not just seriously depressed? i was kind of tired when i read it so i probably missed something important...
~Joe A.
Hamlet is just acting strange and love-sick, like when he first came to Ophelia in IIi with his clothes unkempt and grabbed her arm and stared at her. He also makes a lot of outrageous statements and goes on tangets, like in IIii when he makes the connection between Polonius's daughter and the sun and maggots. We know he is just messing around with Polonius because he's not as smart as Hamlet, however to Polonius, Hamlet is acting mad.
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