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HAMLET Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath born me on his back a thousand times. And now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft.
(5.1 172-176)

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LAERTES How came he dead? I'll not be juggled with. To hell, allegiance! Vows to the blackest devil! Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation. To this point I stand, that both the worlds I give to negligence, let come what comes, only I'll be revenged most throughly for my father's death.
(4.5 - 141- 147)

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LAERTES It's here, Hamlet. Hamlet thou art slain. No medicine in the world can do thee good; In thee there is not half an hour of life. The treacherous instrument is in thy hand, unbated and envenomed. The foul practice hath turned itself on me. Lo, here I lie, never to rise again. Thy mother's poisoned. I can no more. The King - the King's to blame.
(5.2 323-330)

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HAMLET Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell. I took thee for thy better. Take thy fortune: Thou find'st to be too busy is some danger.
(3.4 36-38)

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POLONIUS At such a time I'll loose my daughter to him. Be you and I behind an arras then. Mark the encounter: if he love her not, and be not from his reason fall'n thereon, let me be no assistant for a state, but keep a farm and carters.
(2.2 173-178)

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POLONIUS This for all. I would not, in plains terms, from this time forth have you so slander any moment leisure as to give words or talk with the Lord Hamlet. Look to't, I charge you. Come your ways.
OPHELIA I shall obey, my lord.
(1.3 136-142)

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We find out in Act Four that Laertes is willing (in contrast to Hamlet) to put everything he is immediately on the line to defend his father's name and legacy. Ingraining this idea of honor in his son shows he finds this as the an important quality in his son.

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LAERTES O heat, dry up my brains! Tears seven times salt burn out the sense and virtue of mine eye. By heaven, thy madness shall be paid with weight till our scale turn the beam. O rose of May! Dear maid, kind sister, sweet Ophelia! O heavens, is't possible a young maid's wits should be as mortal as an old man's life? Nature is fine in love, and where 'tis fine it sends some precious instance of itself after the thing it loves.
(4.5 170-179)

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We learn as early as Act One, that Ophelia heeds every word of her father's. This takes a dark turn as the poor Ophelia spirals into insanity at the lack of direction. This tells us readers that he wanted her as his daughter completely dependent on him.

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POLONIUS At such a time I'll loose my daughter to him. Be you and I behind am arras then. Mark the encounter: if he love her not, and be not from his reason fall'n thereon, let me be no assistant for a state, but keep a farm and carters.
(2.2 173-178)

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POLONIUS My lord, he's going to his mother's closet. Behind the arras I'll convey myself to hear the process.
(3.3 29-31)

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HAMLET Thou wretched, rash. intruding fool, farewell. I took thee for thy better. Take thy fortune: thou find'st to be too busy is some danger.
(3.4 36-38)

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LAERTES And so have I a noble father lost, a sister driven into desp'rate terms,  whose worth, if praises may go back again, stood challenger on mount of all the age for her perfections. But my revenge will come.
(4.7 27-31)

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Dear maid, kind sister, sweet Ophelia! O heavens, is't possible a young maid's wits should be as mortal as an old man's life? Nature is fine in love, and where 'tis fine it sends some precious instance of itself after the thing it loves.
(4.5 174- 179)

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It is really unclear how Hamlet feels in the end about Polonius, but by comparing him to Yorick aka The Jester, we realize quickly how little Hamlet is attached to the fellow.

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Laertes had proved all the way back in Act One that he respects his father greatly. So when Polonius and Ophelia die, we see a anger bubble from Laertes and he seeks revenge for them both.

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Ophelia shows a very strong attachment to her father. She begins to go mad in his absence and eventually drowns (literally) in her sorrows.

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Prince of Denmark

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Son of Polonius

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Daughter of Polonius

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Polonius makes plan after plan to prove his (incorrect) theories of why Hamlet has gone mad. He even foreshadows his own death by putting his life as his own wager.

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Polonius is killed in an arguably romantic scene between Hamlet and Gertrude, in Gertrude's suite. Such a death is key to that of this vengeful plot, as it dents Hamlet's and Claudius' plotting and promotes the next in Laertes' revenge.

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Polonius makes point to ensure Ophelia is "pure". This early introduction to both characters showed their clearly dominant and submissive relationship.

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The continuous theme for this play is consistently to never underestimate your opponent. In a broader stance, the theme is to either make a plan and be ready for every single possible outcome or just don't plan so freaking much. Laertes really sells this idea of backfiring plans in his second to last quotation.

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When it comes to Polonius' death, one could blame literally everyone in the play. The King sent him in, the Queen cried for help, and Hamlet struck the deadly blow. That said, Polonius hatched the plan to be sent to the room, chose to cry out when the Queen felt threatened, and did not account for Hamlet being psycho. So Polonius effectively got himself killed.

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Polonius becomes so more visibly gullible as the play progresses. At first we seem to write it off as part of his intelligence playing to Hamlet's Lunacy but as we see him to continue pushing his incorrect lust crazed theory and how Hamlet plays him in conversation to say as he does, it seems obvious Polonius is not nearly half the man he wishes to be perceived as.

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Polonius predicts early on that Hamlet is crazed by lust, but as we know he is in fact crazed by revenge. Polonius, however, consistently to push his obviously incorrect theory, up to his final scene. He did say to take his head from his body if it were untrue. Oh how poetic.

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Polonius establishes early that he is a man of words. It isn't till this act that we see the second side of the coin which is avoiding action. In Scene 1, Polonius ops to hide behind a tarp as to not tarnish the scene. Even when the Queen's life is on the line, Polonius himself does not charge Hamlet but calls for others to come help.

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HAMLET No, good mother, here's metal more attractive.
[Turns to Ophelia]
POLONIUS  O ho! Do you mark that?
(3.2 106)

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POLONIUS It shall do well. But yet do I believe the origin and commencement of his grief sprung from neglected love.
(3.1 184-186)

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POLONIUS I hear him coming. Let's withdraw, my lord.
(3.1 62)

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QUEEN What wilt thou do? Thou wilt not murder me? Help, ho!
POLONIUS
[behind the arras]
What ho! Help!
(3.4 23-25)

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HAMLET No, good mother, here's metal more attractive.
[Turns to Ophelia]
POLONIUS  O ho! Do you mark that?
(3.2 106)

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HAMLET Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel?
POLONIUS By th'mass and 'tis like a camel indeed.
HAMLET Methinks it is like a weasel.
POLONIUS It is backed like a weasel.
(3.2 359-363)

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Polonius seems to have a more one dimensional view point of Hamlet the more you get into the play. Here we see him continue to ignore his obvious hatred towards Claudius and sorrow for his father, pushing forward his weird love theory everytime.

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POLONIUS It shall do well. But yet do I believe the origin and commencement of his grief sprung from neglected love.
(3.1 184-186)

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Obviously Polonius doesn't know this will be his last "vow" to his lord, but Shakespeare as a writer does. So having Polonius call Claudius wise in his last statement to him, really shows how devoted he is in helping the crown.

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POLONIUS My lord, he's going to his mother's closet. Behind the arras I'll convey myself to hear the process. I'll warrant she'll tax him home, and as you said - so wisely was it said  - 'tis meet that some more audience than a mother, since nature makes them partial, should o'erhear the speech of vantage. Fare you well, my liege. I'll call upon you ere you go to bed, and tell you what I know.
(3.3 29-37)

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Previously it could be argued these two did not get along. Here though we see Polonius' humanity in trying to prevent Hamlet from hurting his mother. Considering he is quite literally choosing his life or hers, it becomes quite a sacrifice.

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QUEEN What wilt thou do? Thou wilt not murder me? Help, ho!
POLONIUS
[behind the arras]
What ho! Help!
(3.4 23-25)

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Prince of Denmark

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Queen of Denmark

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King of Denmark

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LUCIANUS Thy natural magic and dire property on wholesome life usurps immediately.
[Pours the poison in the sleeper's ear]
(3.2 250-251)

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HAMLET Then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven and that his soul may be as damned and black as hell whereto it goes. (3.3 97-99)

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PLAYER KING Faith, I must leave thee, love, and shortly too: (3.2 164)

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HAMLET There is a play tonight before the King: One scene of it comes near the circumstance which I have told thee of my father's death. (3.2 71-73)

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Both plays on murders, but what is the chance that the nephew seems to always try to kill his uncle

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Like the title implies, King Gonzago is murdered. Yay. This parallels King Hamlet, also murdered.

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HAMLET No, good mother, here's metal more attractive.
[Turns to Ophelia]
POLONIUS  O ho! Do you mark that?
(3.2 106)

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I think Polonius would not actually be paying any attention to this play in particular because he would rather be watching his daughter and Hamlet's interactions during the production.

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Considering it is revealed that Polonius was an actor in college, I cannot help but imagine him not-so-silently critiquing the players.

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HAMLET My lord, you played once i'th'university, you say?
POLONIUS That did I, my lord, and was accounted a good actor.
(3.2 94-97)

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Sometimes we are wrong.

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Polonius, the Dweller

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Daughters were seen as property to be trained and treasured so Polonius of course warns Ophelia against relations with Hamlet.

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POLONIUS. I must tell you that you don't understand yourself as clearly as is becoming to my daughter, and your honor. ( Hamlet 1.3 101-103)

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The King refers to Polonius when Laertes makes a request to travel back to France. This was both a sign of respect to and the control of a father, when referring to his family.

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KING. Have you your father's leave? What says Polonius? (Hamlet 1.2 58)

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The King speaks highly of Polonius, saying that he is to the throne of Denmark as the head is to the heart. He finds him an irreplaceable necessity.

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KING. The head is not more native to the heart, the hand more instrumental to the mouth, than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. (Hamlet 1.2 47-49)

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The King of Denmark, advised by Polonius

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The son of Polonius

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Daughter of Polonius

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Polonius is very protective of his son. He wants to control his environment but also respects his sense of adventure and need to be on his own. This is the kindest side we see of Polonius, which speaks perhaps to his favoritism towards his son.

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POLONIUS He hath, my lord, wrung from me my slow leave by laboursome petition, and at last upon his will I sealed my hard consent. I do beseech you give him leave to go. (Hamlet 1.2 59-62)

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Here we see a more cold and mean Polonius come through. He calls his own daughter immature and naive for thinking Hamlet is affectionate to her. This perhaps alludes to Polonius having little love within his heart, more inclined to distrust.

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POLONIUS. Affection? Pooh! You speak like a green girl, unsifted in such perilous circumstance. (Hamlet 1.3 107-108)

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The Lethe was known for its forgetfulness and the ghost uses it to insure that Hamlet does not forget his father's revenge. Polonius beckons both his children in a similar way that they need to remember his words over everything else they may hear.

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GHOST. And duller shouldst thou be than the fat weed that roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf, (Hamlet 1.5 37-38)