Journal Log Hamlet Act I

1.3- 6) In lines 59-80 Polonious gives some fatherly advice to Laertes before his departure to France. Instead of giving him some actual advice from the heart, Polonious just spits out a bunch of clichés for Laertes to remember. "To thine own self be true" and "Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy" are some very typical bits of advice that Polonious gives him. This meeting is a very stereotypical conversation …

…death was unnatural, Hamlet probably feels obligated to do what ever it takes to let his father rest, even if it means that his soul could be damned. The ghost also asks Hamlet not to harm his mother on lines 93-95. "Leave her to heaven and to those thorns that in her bosom lodge to prick and sting her." The ghost feels that Gertrude will be punished in heaven so Hamlet should leave her alone.