Q. What does Polonius want Reynaldo to do when he gets to France?
The character of Polonius, in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, proves himself to be a questionable parent at best when he asks “his man” Reynaldo to search out Laertes in France in order to examine Laertes’ behavior. In other words, Polonius wants Reynaldo to be a devious spy.
Q. What does Polonius want Reynaldo to do why does he tell Reynaldo to talk about Laertes’s supposed faults with Laertes’s friends 34 39 )? What does this suggest about Polonius as a father?
Polonius tells Reynaldo to spread rumors about Laertes in Paris because he wants to know what his son is actually doing there. Polonius changes his mind about Hamlet and the prince’s relationship to Ophelia by seeing it as an opportunity to spy on them and find out the reason to his madness.
Q. Why does Polonius send Reynaldo to Paris in Act 2?
Polonius sends Reynaldo to Paris. Polonius wants to learn about what his son is doing in Paris because he wants to spy on his son. Polonius thinks that Hamlet is mad because he’s crazy with love for Ophelia and she is ignoring him so he is depressed.
Q. What is Polonius telling Reynaldo to do what does this tell up about Polonius and his way of thinking and acting?
What does this tell us about Polonius and his way of thinking and acting? a. Polonius is telling Reynaldo to spy on Laertes to find out what he is doing in France, who he is hanging out with, and where they are spending their time. This may also show that he does not trust Laertes and what he is doing in France.
Q. Why do you think Polonius is getting Reynaldo to spy on Laertes?
Polonius is asking Reynaldo to spy on Laertes because he does not want him to get into too much trouble. This shows that Polonius is suspicious and manipulative. 28. Ophelia goes to her father in this scene; she is very upset.
Q. Why does Polonius hired Reynaldo?
Why does Polonius send him to France? Polonius hires Reynaldo to spy on Laertes in France. Reynaldo is to plant rumors of Laertes’ conduct with other Danes in France to find indirectly if Laertes is maintaining his reputation.
Q. What did Polonius say to Reynaldo?
Polonius tells Reynaldo that he suspects the worst of Laertes and wants reports of all his dirtiest deeds gleaned from the most deceptive spying. He tells Reynaldo to look into Laertes’ life in Paris even if he needs to accuse his son falsely — ‘What forgeries you please.
Q. How did Ophelia died?
In Act 4 Scene 7, Queen Gertrude reports that Ophelia had climbed into a willow tree (There is a willow grows aslant the brook), and that the branch had broken and dropped Ophelia into the brook, where she drowned. After her funeral scene, Ophelia is no longer mentioned.
