Which Passage From Hamlet, Act Ii, Scene I, Is An Example Of Setting?

In Act II, Scene I of Hamlet, the passage that serves as an example of setting is the opening lines where Polonius says "yet here, Laertes! aboard, aboard, for shame! / The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail, / And you are stay'd for." These lines establish that Laertes is departing for France, and the setting is a dockside in Denmark, as Laertes prepares to set sail. This passage helps to set the stage for the action to come and give the audience a sense of the physical environment of the play's world.

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