The Hamlet Project

Polonius, laying down the law with his daughter with a pronouncement.
It sounds like a royal decree and one that could not possibly be ignored.
“From this time forth”
Takes us from weddings and religious decrees
As well as serious legislation.
I can see why Ophelia doesn’t bother to argue –
It would be like arguing with an earthquake
Or the wind
Or the will of a god.
He shifts the world here
From this time forth.