Reynaldo is the spy Polonius sends to Paris to spy on his son Laertes.
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Who entered Ophelia's room?
Hamlet.
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Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and why were they called in?
They were Hamlet's childhood friends, asked by Claudius and Gertrude to come in order to make Hamlet happy, and to find out the reason for Hamlet's behavior.
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How does Hamlet act around Polonius?
He called Polonius a fish seller, compared Polonius to Jephthah, and acted generally crazy.
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The trick whereby authors set up words or phrases so that they have two meanings- a clean one and a bawdy one
What is double entendre
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How does Reynaldo feel about Polonius' request?
He was shocked at first, feeling that Polonius' plan would ruin Laertes' reputation.
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What did Hamlet look like?
His clothes were unbuttoned, he appeared like he had gone through hell, and he did not talk to Ophelia at all.
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Who came back from Norway?
Voltemande and Cornelius, with news from the uncle in Norway.
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Was Hamlet truly acting crazy with Polonius?
No, he was in fact playing around with him, and using his pretend madness to criticize and make fun of Polonius.
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Has two levels of meaning; however, it is not required that one of the levels of meaning has a bawdy connotation
What is Pun.
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What was Polonius' plans for Reynaldo?
To ask questions to people who are supposed to know about Laertes, suggesting possible bad habits in the attempt to flush out any of Laertes' bad behavior.
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What does Polonius think is the reason for this behavior?
Polonius thinks that Hamlet has become crazy because Ophelia has refused to talk to him and receive his letters. He is mad with love for her.
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What was the result of the visit to Norway?
The uncle finds out that Fortinbras Jr. wasn't planning to invade Poland. He arrests Fortinbras Jr., and Fortinbras Jr. promised not to invade Denmark. He is given money to invade Poland, provided that he can detour through Denmark.
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Who does Rosencrantz and Guildenstern invite to cheer up Hamlet?
A troop of Hamlet's favorite actors from when he was in Wittenberg.
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A rhetorical device that call attention to how two different things are similar.
What is metaphor
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How does Polonius feel about Laertes?
He does not trust Laertes and assumes that Laertes must be engaging in bad behavior while in Paris.
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What was Hamlet's real purpose for acting the way he did?
His purpose was to use Ophelia, who he knew would report to Polonius, who would then go to the king with a report.
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How does Polonius intend to prove his claim that Hamlet is mad with love?
He will send Ophelia to cross Hamlet's path while he was wandering around. If he reacts to her, it is proof that he is in love with Ophelia.
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Does Hamlet trust Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
No. He immediately told them that he knew what they were here for. Also he added that he was only crazy sometimes. He was sane the rest of the time.
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Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence. Purpose is rhythm or emphasis or euphony. It is a fancy word for inversion