In this scene it is mainly between Polonius and Reynaldo (Polonius’ servant). Polonius is telling Reynaldo to go and talk to people and ask them if they know his son Laertes. He tells him to drop hints to them about Laertes such as, ” you know that party animal Laertes” etc. This is so that people will automatically (even though they don’t know him) will agree with him and say they know him. This is all so that Polonius can know what his son is getting up to in Paris. Once Reynaldo exits, Ophelia comes in and talks to her father Polonius about how weird Hamlet had just acted around her. He had held on to her wrist with most of his clothes undone and just stared at her like he had just seen what hell looks like. He then left without saying a word. Both Ophelia and Polonius both think its because he is madly in love with her. So both of them go off to find the King and talk to them about Hamlet.

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