Notes
-First acknowledgement from another character of hamlet being crazy
-"much forcing of his disposition" means he's forcing himself to act crazy
-polonius is saying that the outward appearance of devotion sweetens over the devil himself
-by looking like you're doing the right thing you can convince people you are good
-Claudius is feeling guilty
-hamlets friends are on Claudius's side and are trying to get information out of hamlet to report back to Claudius.
-so if Ophelia. She is supposed to get answers from hamlet and report back to her dad
-hamlet is taking to Ophelia but commenting on the fact that he doesn't trust her too much and is saying that beauty corrupts honesty and its purposes
-hamlet doesn't love her anymore
-hamlet is upset with everyone and he beat himself up and Ophelia verbally
-he is an imperfect person but compared to everyone else he is a saint
-hamlet said that women corrupt men
-Ophelia is being two faced and wears makeup
-hamlet is mad and making people think he's crazy when he really isn't so when Ophelia says he's got madness it has a duel meaning
-polonius and Claudius were listening to hamlet and Ophelia's conversation
-Claudius says that he doesn't want anything to happen to hamlet or himself but now he wants to get rid of hamlet
-polonius thinks that he's right and hamlet was sick over his daughter
-polonius wants Gertrude to talk to hamlet to get him to talk and he will listen without hamlet knowing and if hamlet really isn't crazy and he is a threat then at that point Claudius could send hamlet to England
Scene 2
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