FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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invasive; Polonius is hovering, manipulative, and extensively concerned with the details of Laertes and Ophelia’s lives.
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distant; Polonius neglects Laertes and Ophelia and cares very little about their lives. He is more concerned about work.
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irresponsible; Polonius is wild and reckless. He is more like the child and Laertes and Ophelia the parents, always fixing Polonius’s messes.
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authoritative; Polonius is strict and almost militant with Laertes and Ophelia. He commands with few words not needing to further explain himself.
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Detailed explanation-1: -authoritative; Polonius is strict and almost militant with Laertes and Ophelia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Generally regarded as wrong in every judgment he makes over the course of the play, Polonius is described by William Hazlitt as a “sincere” father, but also “a busy-body, [who] is accordingly officious, garrulous, and impertinent".
Detailed explanation-3: -Polonius is a proud and concerned father. In his first line he tells us he hesitates to let his son Laertes go abroad, and he draws out his last meeting with Laertes because he’s reluctant to see him go. In the same scene, Polonius advises his daughter Ophelia to avoid Hamlet because he’s worried about her.
Detailed explanation-4: -Described as: Self-assured, cynical, self-centred, flatterer, long-winded, sly, devious, false, shrewd, immoral, sermonise, meddling, political, arrogant, despicable, vain, hypocritical, manipulative, verbose, insincere, self-absorbed.
Detailed explanation-5: -Parenting requires selflessness, trust, and humility. These are qualities that Polonius, the father of Laertes and Ophelia, lacks. He uses his children for his own selfish reasons knowing the detrimental effects it will have on them.