In the short drama “Hamlet”, act 2 was long and sort of all over the place. There seem to be man things going on making it hard to keep up with. This section was harder for me to understand than act 2. There also seemed to be a lot of reading between the lines to better understand this act.
The particular character in this act was Polonius. The type of person he is seems to be really unknown. Yes he is a father of 2 and a servant for the King but he seems to be really nonchalant but yet still up to something. In act 2 I really can’t put my finger on it. He seems to be a suck up to the king and queen and will do anything to make them accept him. He seems to be the protagonist of this act. The fact that he is trying to set up young Hamlet to prove a point shows that Polonius is starting conflict intentionally to get Hamlet in trouble and at the same time have the king and queen accept him more.
The thematic analysis of act 2 is about character. Act 2 kind of puts Polonius in a couple of situations to show the type of man he is and to show his flaws. From what was portrayed in this act shows that Polonius is up to something. It starts off b Polonius having his servant get information of Laertes to “make sure” he is working on his music, he is trying to set up Hamlet, and trying to prove his “loyalty” to the king and queen. The character of Polonius shows that Polonius is an unstable man who will do anything for acceptance and must not be trusted
I never really payed much attention to Polonius, he is one of those bland charachters that always tried to do something but everyone knows that he will fail because he tries to hard. I think he is hungry for power but since he can't be King he tries to gain acceptance and favor of King. I believe that that is his only flaw, but otherwise he seems to be a very smart person.
ReplyDeleteI don't see a theme in your third point. I see your literary element, but I don't see what you think Shakespeare's overall meaning is in Act II.
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