Activity 1.4

The generation gap relates to the differences between generations so the differences between hamlets age and his father’s age. Hamlets father lived to conquer lands and obtain victories while hamlets generation lives to kill and seek revenge. When Laertes was off to college Polonius gave him a load of encouraging and respectful advice like fathers do now days. Also hamlets dad came back as the ghost and gave him advice and told him things to do. Ideas about marriage include when Gertrude wanted hamlet to marry Ophelia but Laertes told Ophelia that she couldn’t marry him because he was much higher than her in society and not to give her self away too easily, play “hard to get” and Laertes tells her that he may not be good enough for her, to protect her. This could include the advice hamlet receives from his mother later on in the play when he accidentally murders Polonius. Being embarrassed by family, includes when the entire household went to watch a play of how Claudius killed hamlet, prince hamlet abruptly interrupted almost every scene with obnoxious remarks embarrassing his uncle and mother also putting his uncle to shame. When Laertes goes to France for his education his father sends Reynaldo to check up and spy on him during his travels.