Important Quotes
'Though this be madness, yet there's method in't' (Polonius, Act 2 Scene 2)'
Here in this quote, Polonius asks Hamlet what is wrong. Hamlet tries telling him that nothing is wrong and explains in a very drawn out matter that what he is feeling is natural. Basically, Polonius tells Hamlet after this that out of all this crazy and madness, there is a purpose, a reason, and a method.
O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!' (Hamlet, Act 2 Scene 2)
In this quote, Hamlet is on stage alone during soliloquy. Throughout the second act, you can see Hamlet start to go crazy as he talks through prose. In this quote , Hamlet is self-loathing. Hamlet is almost hating himself for how he feels about getting revenge on claudius. He starts to question whether or not he is going crazy, and here he is showing the toll on his mental health it is taking.
"I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw"
In this quote, you have Hamlet speaking. Here you have Hamlet saying how he is going slightly crazy. His reference to cardinal directions is referring to that he is only a little off when he is. However, southerly winds are a positive sign, and usually mean good. Therefore He means when he is feeling good, he is doing well
"More grief to hide than the to utter love"
Polonius is saying this to Ophelia in regards to what is the forbidden love between Ophelia and Hamlet. He is telling her that the pain and suffering that she will go through to ignore him and leave him, is less than that to try and love him and the consequences happen.
You cannot, sir, take from me anything that I will more willingly part withal-except my life, except my life, except my life."
Hamlet here is speaking to Polonius. He essentially telling him that he knows the reason as to why he is talking to him, and that is because of Ophelia. He tells Polonius that it is his life, and that it is his life for him to control. Hamlet tries to play it off like this is real intentions.