his children lives might not seen ethical but once again we must not forget his obligation to the king. Loyalty to Claudius is absolute, if requested to fulfill a task he must do it. Polonius has a crafty mind, constantly coming up with ways to find answers and little mind plot schemes that will tell the truth about Hamlet.Now this is where the over-exaggeration of Polonius being credited as a fool comes into play, while setting forth to accomplish the task given to him by Claudius. He was to obtain as much information about Hamlets intentions. Polonius exhibited wisdom and espionage tactics to achieve his goal.Polonius methods weren’t the best but nevertheless effective and got the desired results, which was to gain insight into Hamlet’s behavior. He sensed some methods in Hamlet’s display of madness and investigated further be scurrying all over the castle gathering information. “…I have found/The very cause of Hamlet’s lunacy”(Act II, ii). Polonius searches for cause and reason. He did not just simply accept what he heard, he seeded to discover the truth on his own. He goes into great length about Hamlet’s madness and its relation to love and truth. Supposed love for Ophelia and truth behind his fathers death. Spying and deductive reason are not the attributes of a simple man and certainly not a fool.Polonius words have had an everlasting impact on the world of literature, his lines have probably been recited the most next to Hamlet. His concern about Ophelia emotional status and advice to Laertes was quite sound. Perhaps Polonius sometimes foolish behavior was simply a clever hoax on his part to catch people of guard or better yet it can be seen as a front to hide the fact from the king that his subordinate was actually wiser. Nevertheless after viewing the two faces of Polonius, the committed father and dedicated worker for the well being of the state there is no reason to disregard h...
