FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Polonius
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Claudius
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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Horatio
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Detailed explanation-1: -1 Answer. In modern metaphorical sense, we can say that Hamlet thinks of Polonius as a rat, who is the spy for Claudius. Hamlet kills Polonius mistakenly thinking King is hiding behind Queen’s room. King has realized that Hamlet deducted that he is the killer of his father, therefore sends Polonius to spy on him.
Detailed explanation-2: -As Hamlet makes a pass through the arras and kills Polonius Hamlet says, “How now! a rat? Dead for a ducat, dead!” (3.4, 25). When Hamlet says, “Dead for a ducat” he is meaning that he will wage a ducat that the “rat” is really dead, a ducat is an allusion to a coin used for trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -Perhaps, in a similar way he calls him a ‘fishmonger’ (2.2. 172) (a by-word for pimp) when he sees him earlier in the play, Polonius reminds Hamlet of Ophelia and therefore of sex.
Detailed explanation-4: -Polonius, fictional character, councillor to King Claudius and the father of Ophelia and Laertes in William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet (written c. 1599–1601). He is especially known for his maxim-filled speech (“Neither a borrower nor a lender be”). His meddling garrulousness eventually costs him his life.