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BAIT: Using Ophelia to get Hamlet to confess
RESPONSE: Hamlet gets mad at Ophelia, and draws them apart.

BAIT: The play - "The Mousetrap"
RESPONSE: Hamlet and Claudius grow farther away because Hamlet knows it is true, but Horatio is drawn closer for helping him.

BAIT: Using Reynaldo to draw Laertes' actions out of his friends
RESPONSE: Don't really know. No one grows apart really.

BAIT: Having Hamlet talk to Gertrude with Polonius hiding
RESPONSE: Hamlet gets mad at Gertrude and ends up killing Polonius.

BAIT: Laertes challenges Hamlet to a duel when it s rigged
RESPONSE: Literally, everyone dies. Kind of draws them apart :)

T.S. Elliot's structure...

T.S. Elliot seems to add to the "paralysis by analysis" by separating phrases of action from phrases of thought. For example, in the first paragraph it all is saying "let us go," which shows action. However, once he finally does get to the party or gathering, he says things like "Should I presume?" or "Do I dare disturb the universe?" While he took the action to get there, he feels uncomfortable in how to act after he gets there. This is how T.S. Elliot divides up the poem (or so I believe). Another way he uses his sturcture is by not using structure. I know that doesn't make sense. I meant that his way of making 10 lines and a break then 2 lines then a break then another 8 lines, etc. shows the chaos and uncertainty of the poor person in the poem. It is a way of expressing the chaos and nonsensical way action is thought about.

What has Hamlet been given by his parents?

Hamlet is a mess of worldviews. His mom is very insecure about herself and she is a very lustful person. She has a low regard for life and is a whore. From his step-father (Claudius) he is taught to be dishonest, mordurous, lustful, and corrupt. These all influence how Hamlet responds to everything that happens in the play.