Hamlet Questions

1) What does Polonius tell Reynaldo in the opening of Act II? How does he plan to trap his son?
He tells Reynaldo to go spy on his son by making up lies, telling them to people, and seeing if they say they are true or not. For example: Reynaldo: "Hey I saw Laetres going into a brothel today," Stranger: "Oh yeah, he doth go there on tuesdays."2) What does this say about Polonius?
He is untrustworthy of others and is always spying on people. This is proven later too because he creates a plan to hide behind some curtains, leave Ophelia as bait, and see if Hamlet will show up and incriminate himself. 3) What particularly in Act II scene 1 has disturbed Ophelia?
Hamlet came into her room, grabbed her by the arms, stared at her, and then left. This could either be because he said he would start acting crazy to his father's ghost, or because he genuinely cared about Ophelia and he is trying to say goodbye. After all, there really isn't a future for you if you kill a king. 4) Why have Rosencrantez and Guildenstern been sent to Denmark?
They have been "sent for" by the Queen and King to spy on Hamlet and see if he is depressed. 5) What does Hamlet ask the players to recite? How does the allusion mimic Hamlet’s position?
The conversation between Aeneas and Dido where Aeneas is telling her about the death of King Priam at the hands of Pyrrhus from the perspective of Hecuba. This situation mimics Hamlet's situation because Pyrrhus was also in pursuit of vengeance for his father's death. Also, Hamlet might feel that Hecuba, having just experienced the loss of her husband, has responded more appropriately than Gertrude when faced with this grief. Identify the following speaker of the following lines and discuss to whom the lines are being delivered, and what the lines mean?

6) “No, my lord, but as you did command/ I did repel his letter, and denied his access to me”
Ophelia; Polonious has asked Ophelia to never see Hamlet again, and in this quote, Ophelia is saying that she has obeyed him and has not made contact with him since. 7) “More matter less art”
The Queen; Polonious is talking about how Hamlet is crazy, but he is speaking a lot without really saying anything. So, the Queen interrupts him and tells him to just say what he needs to without all the psycho-babble in-between. 8) “That I, the son of a dear father murdered,/Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell/Must like a whore unpack my heart with words,
Hamlet; He is giving a soliloquy about his plan to test if Claudius is actually guilty before killing him. He is calling himself a prostitute in this line because he is selling his services to a ghost that may or may not be trying to destroy him. 9) “Your bait of falsehood take this carp of truth/And thus do we of wisdom and of reach,/with windlasses and with assays of bias,/By directions find directions out.”
Polonious; In these lines he is talking to Reynaldo about methods of spying on his son. Basically, he is saying that with every falsehood you tell someone else, the closer you will get to finding the truth. Reynaldo is being sent to bait Laerates friends with lies so they will divulge his secrets'. 10) “For if the sun breeds maggots in a dead dog, being a good kissing carrion-Have you a daughter?”
Hamlet; Hamlet is insulting Polonious in this line because he is saying that good things can come from bad things, like the sun creating maggots in dead carcasses. Also, he might be implying that, since he is the sun within the garden metaphor, he has "spoiled" Ophelia. 11) List three metaphors (1 direct, 1 implied, 1 extended) from the play.
Direct: "Denmark's a prison", Implied: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern selling themselves gives them characteristics of a prostitute, Extended: Elsinore is a garden, and everyone is a different piece of it. 12) What proof does Polonius have that he believe indicates Hamlet’s love for Ophelia? 

13) Explain the quote, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” How does this relate to Hamlet.
Hamlet is saying that nothing we do can be categorized as good or bad, and the only reason "terrible" actions such as murder are considered taboo is because we make them so. 14) What is a fishmonger?
A fishmonger is a pimp. 15) Who was Jephthah?
He is a man from the bible figure whose wife was a prostitute and he ended up killing his daughter.