questions about 'hamlet'?

Question

1. What was Polonius's solution to everything?

2. Was Hamlet aware that Claudius and Polonius were spying on him and Ophelia?

3. What's Hamlet's problem with Ophelia? Is his treatment towards her just?

4. Do you think Ophelia commited suicide? Why?

5. Why didn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he had his fit during the play-within-a-play?

These are just some questions I had after reading Hamlet...thanks for the help b/c now I can better understand it!

Answer 1

i wonder if this isn't, actually, your homework... however:

1) spying (and giving long hypocritical speeches) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonius

2) yes. see question three.

3) now i'll be lazy. "When Hamlet apparently goes mad, Polonius believes that his lovesickness for Ophelia is the cause. He arranges, and secretly observes, a meeting between the two lovers, in order to test his theory. Hamlet, realizing that Ophelia is confederate in her father's plot and generally upset with women, makes many cruel and humiliating remarks to her." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophelia_(character)
his treatment is unjust, but he doesn't know it; he truly believes ophelia merely a seductress for her father, and, having loved her (and his mother), becomes literally mad, and abuses her, leading her to her death.

4) yes, though it seems she's out of her mind, when she does it (which begs the question - "isn't everyone?"). why? "Now truly convinced that Hamlet is mad, Ophelia comments sadly: "O, what a noble mind here is o'erthrown." She loved Hamlet, and he rejected her [also, she's upset that hamlet has, seemingly, gone insane - altgrave]. Furthermore, Polonius is later brutally murdered by Hamlet himself. This is too much for Ophelia; she loses her sanity, and falls into a stream while collecting flowers. She drowns without attempting to save herself. Some say this lends credence to a theory that alleges she was carrying Hamlet's child as drowning one's self was supposedly a common way for unwed mothers in that era to commit suicide." wikipedia, again.

5) this i don't recall, and i'm in a hurry, so, perhaps, you'll read (or watch a respectable production - NO MEL GIBSON! - of) the play. it's, perhaps, my favourite book, of all time. it's really beautiful. it's got romance, murder, hints of incest, and grand philosophy. what more can one ask of even the most exciting film, today?! also, it's short, and not that difficult to grasp, once you become accustomed to the language (watching the play helps, but reading gives you greater insight, and helps you go over the parts the actors speak too quickly to be easily understood). do both!

Answer 2

Reading Questions For Hamlet

Answer 3

Read the play, and do your own homework. It's an absolutely amazing story, really. Somehow I don't believe that "these are just some questions" you had after reading it. If you'd read it, you'd be able to answer these questions yourself.

Answer 4

i bet there'll be noone to answer these.. so get going..

to read or not to read - that's the question :)

Answer 5

ur very late on ur homework, aren't u?