Action / Character of interaction |
Number of occurrences |
Sequence of speeches of the character Polonius |
Localization (Act/ Scene) |
Instruct / Reynaldo, Ophelia, Claudius, Gertrude |
14 |
Speeches 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 27, 71, 83, 84 |
Act 2 Sce 1 (11times), Act 3 Sce1, Act 3 Sce 3,Act 3 Sce 4 |
Probe / Ophelia, Reynaldo, Claudius, Hamlet |
14 |
Speeches 4, 5, 6, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, 42, 43, 49, 50, 51, 62 |
Act 1 Sce 3 (3times), Act 2 Sce1 (4 times), Act 2Sce 2 (7 times), |
Confirm / Hamlet |
11 |
Speeches 44, 46, 47, 58, 68, 74, 75, 76, 80, 81, 82 |
Act 2 Sce 2 (5times), Act 3 Sce2 (6 times) |
Inform / Claudius, Gertrude, Hamlet, Rosencrantz, Gildenstern |
9 |
Speeches 29, 30, 34, 54, 56, 57, 70, 79, 86 |
Act 2 Sce 2 (6times), Act 3 Sce1, Act 3 Sce 2,Act 3 Sce 4 |
Recommend / Claudius and Gertrude |
8 |
Speeches 31, 38, 39, 40, 41, 71, 72, 73 |
Act 2 Sce 2 (5times), Act 3 Sce1 (3 times) |
Order somebody to do something / Laertes, Ophelia, Reynaldo, actors |
6 |
Speeches 3, 9, 10, 67, 69, 78 |
Act 1 Sce 3 (2times), Act 2 Sce1, Act 2 Sce 2,Act 2 Sce 2, Act3 Sce 2 |
Greet / Reynaldo, Hamlet, Guildenstern, Rosencrantz |
5 |
Speeches 20, 23, 52, 53, 55 |
Act 2 Sce 2 (5times) |
Explain something to oneself (next to Ophelia or Hamlet) |
5 |
Speeches 28, 48, 51, 52, 61 |
Act 2 Sce 1, Act2 Sce 2 (4 times) |
Inquire without a probing intention / Claudius and Hamlet |
5 |
Speeches 37, 45, 60, 63, 77 |
Act 2 Sce 2 (4times), Act 3 Sce2 |
Warn / Ophelia |
2 |
Speeches 7, 8 |
Act 1 Sce 3 (2times) |
Praise somebody for something / Hamlet |
2 |
Speeches 64, 66 |
Act 2 Sce 2 (2times) |
Ask for something / Claudius, at random |
2 |
Speeches 1, 85 |
Act 1 Sce 2, Act3 Sce 4 |
Adorn the speech / Claudius and Gertrude |
2 |
Speeches 32, 33 |
Act 2 Sce 2 (2times) |
Advise / Laertes |
1 |
Speech 2 |
Act 1 Sce 3 |
Introduce / actors, Hamlet, Guildenstern and Rosencrantz |
1 |
Speech 59 |
Act 2 Sce 2 |
Persuade / Claudius and Gertrude |
1 |
Speech 36 |
Act 2 Sce 2 |
Criticize / actors |
1 |
Speech 65 |
Act 2 Sce 2 |