Hamlet+2.1

4. Polonious tells Reynaldo, "And there put on him / What forgeries you please - marry, none so rank / As may dishonor him" (2.1.21-23). Polonious tells Reynaldo that he should do what he needs in order to complete Polonious's order. In order to complete his order, Reynaldo must do whatever he needs to get Laertes' friends to spill the beans about what he has been doing lately. This shows Polonious's ability to order people around. Not only does Polonious order Reynaldo around, but he also orders his daughter, Ophelia, around advising her not to trust Hamlet.

3. Ophelia - Although you listened to your father and brother's advise earlier in Act 1, why are you surprised with the way Hamlet has treated you? You complain to your father that Hamlet has played you; however, is that not what he said was going to happen all along? Although I do feel bad for you in a way, I also feel like you should have emphasized what your father and brother both said about Hamlet. Hamlet cannot worry about who he loves because he has to worry about what the people of Denmark want.

7. I cannot believe I thought Hamlet would truly love me! I should have known that he has much more things to worry about than me! Why, oh why, did I continue to have some faith in him after my own father and brother advised me not to? Was it my idea that everyone has some good in them? I cannot believe this. I listened to my father, Polonious, and denied his letters. So, now, after obeying my fathers orders, I am still hurt! How does that make sense? How is that fair?