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A 5 page paper which considers why Ophelia’s brother and father advise her to be wary of Hamlet’s attentions and affections. It examines how Laertes and Polonius perceive Hamlet, and discusses whether they are simply being protective or offer reasons for offering such a warning. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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File: TG15_TGhami.rtf
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of his own destruction. However, even more poignantly, it is a tale of ill-fated lovers, for there is little doubt that Prince Hamlet of Denmark and fair Ophelia are
deeply in love. But early within the course of the play, there is a distinct sense that this love, like that between Romeo and Juliet, is not destined to
be, especially if Ophelias father Polonius and brother Laertes have anything to do about it. They express their disapproval loud and clear early on in the play, and this
leads to the inevitable question, "Why?" In Act I, Scene III, Laertes is preparing for a trip to France when he decides his little sister requires a bit of relationship
counseling from her big brother. He cautions Ophelia, "For Hamlet, and the trifling of his favor, / Hold it a fashion, and a toy in blood; / A violet
in the youth of primy nature, / Forward, not permanent- sweet, not lasting; / The perfume and suppliance of a minute; / No more" (5-9). Laertes, who appears to
be approximately the same age as Hamlet, seems to suggest that young men are interested more in temporarily sampling forbidden fruit than they are in committing to marriage. The
imagery evoked by "violet in the youth of primy nature" implies that Hamlet is interested only in deflowering Ophelia and nothing more. However, after making this statement, Laertes does
not offer any type of justification for his observation. Can it perhaps be assumed then that he is judging Hamlet by the way in which he himself treats women?
Laertes then goes on to say, "Perhaps he loves you now, / And now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch / The virtue of his will; but you
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