Polonius tells Reynaldo to spy on Laertes and bait his friends by dissing Laertes' character. We never find out what happened to Reynaldo and it is never discussed again, probably because of Polonius' untimely death.
Later on, Polonius tries to bait Hamlet by sending his daughter, Ophelia, out into the open to see if Hamlet truly loves her. Hamlet answers that bate with the reply that he has never loved her and that she is a whore. However, other scenes and actions done by Hamlet seem to show that he does, actually love her.
The biggest bait of them all is probably when Hamlet tries to catch a guilty reply by Claudius during the play he made up. Hamlet reenacts the murder scene and it does strike Claudius' conscience. Claudius wails for light and quickly shuffles away.
Laertes later baits Hamlet by challenging him to a fencing match. This ends in everyone dying and ends the book.

Modernist Shakespeare

I do not think Shakespeare was a modernist or a postmodernist. Those movements had not even come around yet. I think he was a dark romanticist. Although that movement wasn't really around, that is what he was. Hamlet is a hero whose dark qualities lead him to depression and murder. The protaganist is not some perfect man who does everything right. Instead, he does everything wrong including loving his mom, accidentally killing Polonius, and insulting everyone. The play, Hamlet, is built off of ideas such as revenge and adultery.

My Answer:

Why is Hamlet so eager to kill, when he does not even know the person behind the tapestry?

Hamlet is so overcome by his hatred for Claudius that he is starting to make rash and irrational decisions. Hamlet hopes that the squealer is the king so he can finally extract his revenge upon him. He passed up killing him before, since he was praying. Now he can kill Claudius inside the room, hiding like a coward. Also, why would any other person be in his mom's room at that time? Logically, although he is low on logic, he would think that it is the ear-poisoning coward hiding behind the tapestry.

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