Happy and Hateful Humor in Hamlet
Humor is a gift, which is used for healing, preservation, and enjoyment. Shakespeare weaves this gift into Hamlet in order to preserve his audience’s interest. ... Shakespeare therefore has elevated the play’s mood by including many forms of humor, some of those being: satiric, macabre and puns. ... In Hamlet Ad Hominem Arguments are especially concurrent in Act 2 Scene 2 between the characters Hamlet and Polonius. The character Polonius, who is portrayed as arrogant, is personally attacked by Hamlet’s witty remarks. Polonius, in an effort to save the neutrality between Hamlet and himself, aids his lord by sending for admired actors. ... 388) announces Polonius, Hamlet replies with “buzz buzz. ... 390) and he is then cut-short by Hamlet’s remark of “Then came each actor on his ass. ... 391) Hamlet is claiming that these actors have a poor status and will be arriving on nothing more than an ass. Here Hamlet is being frank in stating that he has no trust in Polonius’ ability in gather sufficient actors. In another conversation between these two characters Hamlet answers Polonius’ question of "Do you know me, my lord?