HW: Pg. 40-59 Summary 11-04-10

Laertes is about to go away for awhile. He told his sister to write to him often. He also talks about how she shouldn't be talking the relationships and feeling that she has for Hamlet too seriously because it might not be real. He also warned her about how Hamlet might love her now, but as he continues to grow and have more responsibilities. His feelings toward her might change and so he doesn't want her to be seduce by Hamlet way of talking. Polonius, their father, came in and tell Laetus to hurry it up because the carriage was waiting outside for him. Polonius ask what Ophelia's brother had said to her and after hearing what she said, he told her that she had been spending a lot of time lately for Hamlet and he doesn't want her to spend a lot of time, but just a little bit less of a time. He also thinks that if she took this relationship seriously and made a mistake then it would be a disgrace and he would become a laughing stock for the whole town and he doesn't want to be one. And so they left. At 12 o'clock, Hamlet went to the platform to see the ghost with Horatio, Marcellus, and Barnardo. After they talk a little bit, the ghost appears and Hamlet tried to speak to it. But it was telling Hamlet to follow it so that they can talk and so Horatio, Marcellus, and Barnardo felt like he shouldn't go. But Hamlet was stubborn and so he went anyway. The three guards of Hamlet went anyway because they are afraid something might happen to him.