Read the excerpt from act ii of hamlet.
hamlet: am i not i' the right, old jephthah?
polonius: if you call me jephthah, my lord, i have a
daughter that i love passing well.
in the excerpt, hamlet calls polonius jephthah, after the
priest in the old testament who sacrifices his daughter to
god. what does this allusion suggest about polonius's
treatment of ophelia?
polonius is sacrificing his daughter to trick hamlet.
polonius is a better father than hamlet's father was.
polonius is very protective of his innocent daughter.
polonius is very local to the royal family of denmark.
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