There are two plots going in this act. One is the planning
of the play that is going to show to the new king. The other one is Polonius
doesn’t agree with the love between Hamlet and Ophelia. Polonius is trying to
protect his child who actually wants to marry Hamlet. Like the old British
style stories go, the father will agree with it eventually.
In this act, Polonius is an interesting character. He is
playing as an antagonist here. But he doesn’t mean to. He doesn’t think it’s a
good idea that his daughter keeps seeing the prince Hamlet. He tried to stop
that and the thought what he has done triggers the anger of prince Hamlet and
makes him hurt her daughter physically. So Polonius goes to see the king and
ask for help. Polonius raises the conflict about the relationship of these two
young people.
I can’t really find a theme in this act. But loyalty of
Polonius can be one of them. He doesn’t like the prince being with his
daughter. Still the planning of the play which is going to show to the new king
to remind him about the murder, Polonius helps Hamlet with it. This is the
loyalty to prince Hamlet and the old king Hamlet.
I don't know, I kind of think that Polonius is really only loyal to himself and Cladius, and it seems like he'll say or do anything to make the important people happy so they will value him.
ReplyDeleteI think it's about relationships between family because Polonius and Claudius are both concerned for their children, therefore they do all these ridiculous things to keep an eye on them. I'm not sure he's an antagonist, but he does cause a lot of problems for them.
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