Significance of Polonius
... One of these characters is Polonius. First of all, Polonius as a character comes off as a bumbling idiot. ... Polonius is used at times for comical relief. ... In the scene in the library Hamlet insults Polonius’s treatment of his daughter by calling him a fishmonger. Polonius sees this as a personal insult and thinks that Hamlet has gone mad, “He said I was a fishmonger.