His intentions were to find the truth in Hamlet's supposed madness, but ironically, he assisted in Hamlet's death. The King and Queen had been leery of Hamlet after their marriage, but when Polonius confronted them with the notion of Hamlet's madness, it confirmed their suspicions. In light of the newfound information, they sent Polonius to seek out the truth while they spied, and for this, the King and Queen sent for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. .
Polonius did not instill the doubt of Hamlet's sanity, but just helped encourage the idea. Though Polonius was killed in act three, his idea and actions lived on throughout the play, and eventually led to Hamlet's death. Polonius was one of the many corrupted people in the play, and one of the many that helped lead Hamlet to his fate of death.
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are the comic relief in the play that are insulted, thrown around, and used. They are the bumbling fools who are bribed into spying and killed by their ignorance. Both Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were childhood friends of .
Hamlet, and attended school with him. The third act of Hamlet opens with a remark by the king, Claudius, who instructs Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to discover why Hamlet "puts on this confusion,/ Grating so harshly all his days of quiet/ With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?" (Shakespeare III, i.) The King and Queen called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spy on Hamlet who was easily persuaded to do so by bribery of money. This act of theirs helps emphasize the fact that they are two young, and easily corruptible men. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were fresh out of college, had no money, and did not command a stable or consistent life. The two together were not as smart as Polonius or most of the other characters in the play, though they were hired to spy on Hamlet to find out the extent of his sanity and the cause of his madness. As they meet Hamlet, he sees through their untimely and suspicious arrival, and immediately confronts them about the King and Queen sending them, in which they bumble a reply that is not in the least convincing.
