Hamlet: Truth Of His Father's Death And Hypocrisy Surrounding Him

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then be false to any man,"(I iii,ln 80)
It is clear that his first priority, in talking to his son, is to teach him to act proper, to keep up his own appearance, and not to wish him well. From his later actions, one can see that Laetres honor is what concerens him the most, not his well being. When Polonius feels it necessary to send a spy to keep an eye on him, he once again expresses his lack of trust for anyone. He goes on to ask Reynaldo to, "before you visit him. . . make inquirer/ Of his behavior. . .And thus do we of wisdom and of reach/ With windlasses and with assays of bias,/ By indirections find directions out," (II i, ln 4) which clearly presents the conniving manner that he uses to deal with his son. This is also true with his daughter, Ophelia. Not only does he misinform her while he is trying to come across as a wise father, but carelessly "looses her" out to Hamlet without a feeling of guilt or sympathy for the daughter who he should care enough about, ...

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