Comments on: Polonius, Hamlet https://nosweatshakespeare.com <strong><a href="/">Modern Shakespeare</a></strong> resources, <strong><a href="/sonnets/">sonnet translations</a></strong> & lots more! Fri, 04 Aug 2023 07:55:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: AVIRUP DUTTA https://nosweatshakespeare.com/characters/polonius-hamlet/comment-page-1/#comment-2999992 Fri, 04 Aug 2023 07:55:32 +0000 https://nosweatshakespeare.com/?page_id=517954#comment-2999992 In reply to Jayanto Ghosh.

Because the fools in Shakespearean plays are the most important characters of all. Like the centre of the revolving structure of the characters. Take Puck for example, or the fool in King Lear.

]]> By: Jayanto Ghosh https://nosweatshakespeare.com/characters/polonius-hamlet/comment-page-1/#comment-1936915 Tue, 17 Sep 2019 06:45:11 +0000 https://nosweatshakespeare.com/?page_id=517954#comment-1936915 I find the popular quotes from Polonius some of the pithiest among Shakespeare’s lines. So I have often wondered why such a man should be depicted as a mere fool.

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