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Polonius Betrayal In Hamlet

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Polonius betrays his own son, Laertes by sending a servant to go spy on him:
“You shall do marvelous wisely, good Reynaldo, Before you visit him, to make inquire of his behavior” (2.2.3-4).
He betrays Laertes’ belief in his trust when he is in France.
Another way that Gertrude had betrayed the late King Hamlet was by defending Claudius when he was accused by Laertes of killing his father Polonius:
LAERTES: Where is my father?
KING: Dead.
QUEEN: But not by him. (4.5.126-128)
Gertrude also betrays Hamlet by telling king Claudius that Hamlet killed Polonius.
In hamlet, there are several references to an unweeded garden, one that grows to seed things that are rank and gross in nature. This ties betrayal because gardens are seen to be nice places

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