POLONIUS
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- Loves to be in the "know"
- Loves gossip
- Enjoys spying & being involved in other people's business
- Father of Ophelia & Laertes
- Caring father
- Gives advice to Laertes about life
- Supportive of his son going to France to study
- Concerned
- Will not give up on finding out why Hamlet is mad
- Loyal to King & Queen
- Will do anything for them to gain their approval & praise
- Selfish
- Only cares about his reputation & ignores his concerns about his daughter
- Forces his daughter to break up with Hamlet
- He does not want to be embarrassed by Ophelia's relationship with Hamlet
- Spied on Hamlet on several occasions to find out whether or not he's mad
- Uses his daughter to spy on Hamlet
- Asks Reynaldo to spy & spread false truth about Laertes to find out what people really think of him
- Only cares about himself because he does not want his son to act / look like a fool)
- Demanding
- Forces Ophelia not to talk to Hamlet and break up with him