Only Through the Eyes of the Beholder Sarah Glauser Hamlet is supposedly centered on one character; Hamlet himself, but the play is driven by plots and schemes that are derived from other characters in the play. In the play Hamlet, the character Polonius causes misconstrued emotions in other characters, and this is due in large part to his position as a confidant to many main characters. He is acting as a “middleman” and manipulates others …showed first 75 words of 659 total…

…showed last 75 words of 659 total…It can be gathered that Polonius was what kept everyone together, yet apart at the same time. He was what kept direct conflicts out of the picture, and now that he was dead, the pinnacle of conflict came into play. There was no one there to confuse the characters, so there was nothing left to do but confront each other, hence, the death of Polonius lead to the deaths and demise of the other characters.