FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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He pretends like Polonius means ‘What is wrong?’ instead of ‘What is the matter at hand?’
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He does not pun on this question
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He ignores it and this makes Polonius angry
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He puns on the word ‘what’ pretending that it means ‘water’.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Polonius attempts to converse with Hamlet, who appears insane; he calls the old man a “fishmonger” and answers his questions irrationally. But many of Hamlet’s seemingly lunatic statements hide barbed observations about Polonius’s pomposity and his old age.
Detailed explanation-2: -Polonius says that Hamlet must be mad with his love for Ophelia, for she has distanced herself from him ever since Polonius ordered her to do so. Polonius speculates that this lovesickness might be the cause of Hamlet’s moodiness, and he hurries out to tell Claudius of his idea.
Detailed explanation-3: -The King asks: Where is Polonius Hamlet: At supper King: At supper? Where? Hamlet: Not where he eats, but where he’s eaten. (meaning he is six feet under-dead) All this talk makes the king very mad.
Detailed explanation-4: -Polonius then tells Gertrude and Claudius that he thinks Hamlet’s behavior is due to his feelings for Ophelia. They hatch a plan to figure out what’s really going on: Polonius will send Ophelia to talk to the mad Hamlet and prove once and for all that he’s crazy with love.