1. In the beginning of act two, Polonius is trying to get Reynaldo to spy on Laertes for him.
2. He does this because he has a good idea of what Laertes is doing in France, so he tells Reynaldo to get the real story. He disapproves of Laertes's activities.
3. The plan is to have Reynaldo spread lies about Laertes (but no so much as to dishonor him) and gauge the reactions he gets. By this method, they hope to find out what is true and what is not so Polonius knows exactly what Laertes is up to in France.
4. This tells us that Polonius is very selfish. He wants to spy on his own son and spread lies about him, potentially ruining his reputation, but only so much as it does not reflect poorly on the family. Polonius cares more about being embarrassed himself than about his children. However, it does reveal that Polonius is quite cunning, which could be a foreshadow.
5. Reynaldo doesn't really want to do it, and he wants to know why he has to. Reynaldo seems almost bored into compliance, however, because he's giving two and three word answers to Polonius. It seems as though he'll do what Polonius says just to get him to shut up.
6. She says he showed up in her bedroom with no hat, an unbuttoned shirt, dirty stockings that were undone and down around his ankles. He was pale and his knees were knocking together. He looked as if he’d just come back from hell. He grabbed her by the wrist and held on, then backed away and just stared at her, and stayed like that for a while. Then he shook her, nodded, and sighed deeply. He let her go and stared at her as he walked out.
7. Polonius thinks Hamlet is love-crazy because Ophelia did what she was told and sent back Hamlet's letters and refused to see him.
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