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Comparing Polonius And Ophelia In Shakespeare's Hamlet

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Polonius meets with his servant, Reynaldo, and orders him to give Laertes a bunch of money, who is in Paris, but first must spy on Laertes. Ophelia then tells Polonius that Hamlet burst into her room, looking pale and ill, and grabbed her wrist and sighed for about five minutes. Polonius and Ophelia believes Hamlet did this because Ophelia broke up with him. They both agree that the king and queen should also know what is going on with

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