Polonius: Do you know me, my lord? Hamlet: Excellent well; you are a fishmonger. —Hamlet When Hamlet, playing the lunatic, calls the king’s chief counselor, Polonius, a fishmonger, he knows that Polonius will think him not only mad but insulting. So important and consequent a man a mere fishmonger, indeed! Hamlet then goes on to … Continue reading Blind and Blissful