Hamlet | Act II, Scene 1 Summary and Analysis
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Reynaldo: Polonius’ servant
Summary
Polonius sends Reynaldo to Paris to spy on Laertes, instructing him to use delicate indirection to learn of Laertes’ behavior from other “Danskers [who] are in Paris” (line 7). After Reynaldo leaves, Ophelia enters, distressed, and tells her father that Hamlet has just approached her with “his doublet all unbraced, / No hat upon his head, his stockings fouled, / Ungartered, and down-gyved to his ankle” (lines 78-80). She says he “held [her] hard” (line 87) by the wrist, studied her silently for several...
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