Hamlet: Polonius's advice to Laertes
...dvice on how to act. Even though some of the advice is misleading, the advice Polonius gives to Laertes is very positive and worthwhile. One of the reasons why Polonius’s advice is good is because it makes sense. Polonius says “Neither a borrower or a lender be” (1.3.79). Not borrowing money or lending money is great advice to give any student who is going off to school. By following this advice, Laertes won’t owe anyone any money and no one will owe him any money either. Polonius doesn’t want Laertes to have any debts that need to be paid off to anyone while he is in France. Another piece of advice that Polonius gives his son is something extraordinary. “This above all: to thine own self be true”(1.3.82). Polonius is telling Laertes that above all else always be true to himself. To have Laertes think more on who he is on the inside, how he thinks, acts, and feels instead of trying to keep up appearances with the other people around him. To have Laertes believe in himself to make the r...