Note to Hamlet, 2.2.104: "Thus it remains, and the remainder thus."


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Act 2, Scene 2, line 104
Here is my version of what Polonius is saying: "it remains true that Hamlet's madness has a cause, and the remainder of what is to be said is what I am about to say." In this line Polonius, who loves to hear himself talk, enhances his use of antanaclasis with another figure of speech, antistrophe, the repetition of words in reverse order.