Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3: samenvatting

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1. Laertes prepares to sail and asks Ophelia to write to him.
2. He warns that Hamlet’s rank limits his freedom to choose a partner and urges Ophelia to protect her honor.
3. Ophelia accepts the warning but tells Laertes to follow his own moral advice.
4. Polonius blesses Laertes and gives him rules for managing speech, friendships, quarrels, clothing, and money.
5. After Laertes departs, Ophelia tells Polonius that Hamlet expresses love and supports it with sacred promises.
6. Polonius rejects those promises as deceptive and commands Ophelia to avoid conversation with Hamlet; she agrees.

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