FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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father-in-law
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fishmonger
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dear man
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father
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Detailed explanation-1: -When Hamlet calls him a fishmonger, there are two meanings, both of which are insults. Fishmongers (sellers of fish) are identified as low class and vulgar, while Polonius is of the nobility. In addition, in Shakespeare’s time, “fishmonger” had an association with men who used women for their own monetary gain.
Detailed explanation-2: -In Act II, Hamlet refers to Polonius as a “tedious old fool” and taunts him as a latter day “Jephtha".
Detailed explanation-3: -/ˈfɪʃˌmʌŋ.ɡər/ someone who sells fish, especially from a store.
Detailed explanation-4: -The term “fishmonger” has a double meaning here. Of course it means one who sells fish, a rather low class profession at the time. “ Fishmonger” was also a sort of euphemism for a “pimp".