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Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
Polonius, Hamlet · William Shakespeare
In plain English

This may look like madness, but there's a logic hidden inside it.

What it means

Polonius senses that Hamlet's strange behavior is not simple lunacy — there is a design behind it. The line captures the play's central puzzle: how much of Hamlet's madness is real, and how much is a deliberate mask.

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