RE: Hamlet Questions Act 2 Scene 1-2: Why is Ophelia frightened by Hamlet
- Why is Ophelia frightened by Hamlet?
- How does Polonius explain Hamlet’s behavior? Is he right? Explain.
- Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? Why have they come to Elsinore?
- Are they betraying their friend Hamlet? Explain.
- What is Polonius’s plan for proving that Hamlet’s odd behavior is the result of love madness?
- What does Hamlet request the traveling players to perform? Why?
4. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, once Hamlet’s childhood friends, betray him by pretending to still be his friends when in fact they are now in the service of Claudius as spies. Claudius enlists them to keep a close on eye on his erratic nephew.
