Hamlet 2.1 Notes

These are the notes that I took from class, there not the best notes but its better than nothing..

-Polonious is sending Reynaldo to spy on Laertes

-Polonious isn't that out of line for doing this because Laertes is/has been a screw up

• he wants Reynaldo to bring him up in a bad manner

-Rumors destory people

-Polonious is telling lies to find the truth, reality shows the appearance, which goes back to the theme of appearance vs. reality

-Hamlet's antic disposition is just a facade that will reveal the truth, and get vengeance for his father

-Hamlet's plan may be a serious error in judgement

-Phelia listened to her father and stopped relations with Hamlet

• Hamlet is using Ophelia to act crazy, which explains his craziness, his broken heart (did it to hurt Ophelia)

-Hamlet sees Gertrude betrayed King Hamlet which reinforces his thoughts that women betray men. Gertrude is guilty of these sins, and then so if Ophelia.

Old Generation vs. Young Generation Battle

-Old

• Claudius
• Gertrude


• Polonious


• Ophelia

-Young

• Hamlet
• Laertes (maybe)
  

--Molly