Polonius: Media
fictional character
Videos
Watch Hamlet's tragic protagonist confront his mother, Queen Gertrude, and accidentally kill Polonius
Hamlet confronts his mother and mistakenly kills Polonius in Act III, scene 4, of...
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Images
Playing the counselor
Oliver Ford Davies (left) as Polonius and David Tennant as Hamlet in William Shakespeare's...
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Secret listener
Polonius Behind the Curtain (1868), painting by French artist Jehan-Georges...
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