FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Detailed explanation-1: -Polonius is a character in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. He is chief counsellor of the play’s ultimate villain, Claudius, and the father of Laertes and Ophelia .
Detailed explanation-2: -Polonius admonishes Laertes to keep his thoughts to himself, restrain himself from acting on rash desires, and treat people with familiarity but not with vulgarity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Detailed explanation-4: -Reynaldo. Polonius’s servant, who is sent to France by Polonius to check up on and spy on Laertes.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.