Polonius

Polonius is handled in the same way with special reference to Hamlet.

I fancied at the time that, in Polonius's phraseology, the bone in question was suggestive of something "very like a whale."

People seem to think that a few Polonius-like apophthegms delivered at such a time may be of great importance.

Polonius is alive, having been only wounded by Hamlet; Hamlet's father also is alive, having only pretended to be dead.

Or perhaps I detected Polonius, found at last beneath the stairs.