He betrays his suspicions inopportunely in an angry tirade and is watched closely from then on. Polonious, a pompous old fool who is the king's advisor, thinks Hamlet's acting strange out of love for Ophelia and orders her to break off her relationship with Hamlet. | He betrays his suspicions inopportunely in an angry tirade and is watched closely from then on. Polonious, a pompous old fool who is the king's advisor, thinks Hamlet's acting strange out of love for Ophelia and orders her to break off her relationship with Hamlet. |