1.2-1.3

3. What did hamlet do to make polonius and laertes say things about him to ophelia? will hamlet see the ghost? and if so will the ghost talk to him? is there tension between horatio and hamlet? how did claudius and gertrude get over the death of their brother and husband, respectively? why did they get married so quickly? does hamlet actually care for ophelia? does she care for him?

4. 1.2.107-116. Caudius is trying to convince Hamlet to get over his father's death. He says that Hamlet should not be upset about something that has happened before because his father's father died whose father died before that. Claudius is claiming that it is unnatural to mourn about something that is part of life. Clauduis is claiming Hamlet is being ridiculous for mourning. It makes me wonder if Claudius is/was even sad or upset by his brother's death. Did he have something to do with it? I think a month or two or even more is a good amount of time to have to mourn over the death of a loved one.

5. 1.3- I think Ophelia defended herself well against her father and brother. She took some real heat from a man she might have affections for. We still don't know why her brother and father don't like hamlet. I am a little skeptical of her relationship with Hamlet though. If she wanted his affections bad enough, she would have fought her brother and father harder to receive their support. i really want to know what hamlet really thinks of ophelia.