Today we talked about Polonius and how he told his son Laertes to be true to himself and to not be false with anyone when he is at school, even though Polonius gets information about people through spying on them. Polonius has his servant Reynaldo casually talk to people in France about Laertes by making up lies about him, (saying do you know Laertes, he likes to party) and the people Reynaldo talks to will either agree with them or disagree, which will give Polonius a good idea of what Laertes is doing at school. Polonius says, "by indirections find directions out," which means through lies, the truth is found, which is the way Polonius believes is the right way to watch people under him.
Paul Derickson
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