The main theme that came to my mind for Act 2 was trust.
For instance, Polonius is very untrusting of his son in act two scene one as he
has Reynaldo ask about Laertes’s activities in Paris. I believe the central theme
of trust is very prominent in both acts so far. Trust is something that keeps
the relationship between Hamlet and his father’s ghost strong and without trust
Hamlet would never believe that Claudius had murdered King Hamlet and without
trust Hamlet would have never believed that his father had returned as a ghost
to bring justice to the kingdom. Trust is also important between Hamlet and
Ophelia because Hamlet truly loves Ophelia but because their trust is not very
strong, Ophelia is easily persuaded to think that Hamlet only wants to use her
and then throw her away. Although the trust between Hamlet and Claudius is not
strong after Hamlet’s encounter with King Hamlet’s ghost, trust is still the
key that keeps Claudius in power all this while as Claudius has every other
person’s trust with the power of the kingdom at his feet. I believe this theme
of trust is going to be very important in future acts of Hamlet.
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