Hamlet: Act I Scene III

• Polonius Household - Laertes (Son of Polonius) and Ophelia (Daughter of Polonius), basically brother and sister
• In this scene, I thought that Ophelia just had to follow orders from both her father and brother
• -It seemed that she had no say in most of the say, when will her time come to talk to Hamlet?
• Laertes gives advice to Ophelia about Hamlet and his royal status
• -He says that she must accept Hamlet if he confesses his love to her, but beware of how his decisions might incur around the subject
• Ophelia takes on the lecture nonetheless, so calm in the text she is.
• Something is going on in her mind
• Polonius comes in telling his son that he should keep his thoughts only in his and not speak of it
• He mentions to beware of the words that come out of his mouth since judgement hath follow up
• Polonius states that men in France become opulent for doing stuff out of a stable nonchalant mind, no speech in doing so
• After Laertes leaves, Polonius asks what Ophelia and him were talking about.
• Polonius has intuitive skills with youngsters and their decisiveness at love
• He orders to not think of Prince Hamlet at a no reason to call or see to him