O cursed spite that ever I was born to set it right (Act I, scene V, lines 193-194)
Hamlet Confronts Ophelia
Ophelia Tattles
Mad for thy love? (Act II, scene I, line 86)
To speak horrors-he comes before me. (Act II, scene I, line 85)
After the ghost tells Hamlet how he was murdered, he asks Hamlet to help him seek revenge. Hamlet decides to portray himself as insane to carry out his plan.
Polonius Tattles
Your noble son is mad. (Act II, scene II, line 92)
Hamlet begins his act with going into Ophelia's room partially undressed and deranged because he knows she will tell her father Polonius (as depicted by Ophelia in Act II, Scene I, lines 78-101).
Polonius's Plan
Ophelia goes to her father to tell him about the interaction with Hamlet she just had.
Hamlet insults Polonius
Polonius tells the king and queen that Hamlet is crazy and continues to read a love note that he claims Hamlet wrote to Ophelia. He claims that Hamlet is mad in love.
Polonius comes up with a plan to prove to the king and queen that Hamlet is crazy in love. "You know