Hamlet Essay: Body Paragraph #1

The best interpretation of Hamlet's insecurities being revealed in a strategic way is best shown when he is around Polonius, and Hamlet's childhood friends. Hamlet annoys Polonius answering to what he explains by replying "[w]ords, words, words" and also he makes fun of his age by stating that if Polonius was a "crab", he "could go backward[s]" in time to be as young as Hamlet (2.2.210, 221-222). Hamlet seeks to put down Polonius and his self-esteem by using a mocking and sarcastic tone. In addition, Hamlet talks to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in a very intimidating way by telling them that they "were sent for, and there is a kind of confession in [their] looks" (2.2.300-301). The dead king's son is now depicted as an eagle-eyed character that understands what is happening around him from every angle. By mistreating males, rightfully so from his perspective, as a result of his father's death, and by the way that society back in Shakespeare's time was male dominant, Hamlet will not have any problem acting to make Ophelia feel offended.