1. The dramatic purpose that Polonius serves at thebeginning of act II is the portrayal and delineationof his character, the Lord Chamberlain. We see in theartificiality of his discourse how cynical he is. Wealso see he cares for the actions of his children,mostly because they can blacken his name. He issuspicious of other people, thus he trusts no one.
2. Polonius asks Reynaldo to go on a trip to Paris inorder to give money to Laertes. Polonius also wantsReynaldo to spy on Laertes and to ask other Danes inParis who might know him of his actions.
3. Polonius is willing to tolerate in Laertes anybehavior which might not make him look bad,considering he is a youth. He gives the examples ofgaming, drinking, fencing, swearing, quarreling anddrubbing.
4. Ophelia is frightened by Hamlet’s first visitbecause she believes his disheveled appearance is herfault because, obeying her father’s wishes, she hasbeen refusing his love.
5. Polonius interprets Hamlet’s actions as those oflove-madness. He intends to tell King Claudius aboutit.
6. Polonius wants to test his theory about Hamlet’smadness by allowing Ophelia to meet with the Prince,while he and Claudius hid themselves and observe theencounter.
7. Claudius and Gertrude have brought Rosencranz andGuildentstern to Denmark to ask them for a favor. Because the two are Hamlet’s friends, the King andQueen want them to try to get information about thistransformation.
8. Polonius is laughable and pathetic because he seemsto think everything revolves around him and hisfamily. He never once doubts that Hamlet’s madnesswas driven by something other than his instructions toOphelia. He is dangerous because he’ll go to greatlengths to remain the center of attention.
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10. The love letter to Ophelia is proof of Hamlet’saffection toward her, and in this manner helps expandPolonius’ theory of Hamlet’s love-madness.
11. Because Elizabethans thought that when a personsees a ghost, that person in distraught, or has gonecrazy. This is probably what Elizabethans would blameHamlet’s affliction on.
