Overview
Character Name
Polonius
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult, Elderly
Role Size
Featured
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
Elizabethan Era; Denmark
Analysis
Polonius is Ophelia’s father and chief political advisor to Claudius, the new king of Denmark. As opposed to his prominent role in Hamlet, Polonius plays less of a major part here. He is a pompous, long-winded older man. However, he outsides cannot hide the shrewd and
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