- Lord Polonius tells Reynaldo to spy on Laertes:
- “tell the people that Laertes talks, fights, drinks...also tell the people that you know him a little bit, but don’t overdo it” [rough interpretation]
- Foreshadowing → “By indirections find directions out” [Lord Polonius]
- Polonius assumes that Hamlet is lovesick for Ophelia
- King Claudius tells Rosencrantz and Goldenstein:
- spy on Hamlet because they are closer to Hamlet’s age than he is
- Voltimand: allusion to the bigger problem
- Norway wants to ask (Denmark) for passage through in order to get to Poland
“...brevity is the soul of wit...” //Lord Polonius
“...method in the madness...” //Lord Polonius
“...to me it is a prison...” //Hamlet
“...for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so…” //Hamlet
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