Polonius immediately wants to tell King Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, that Ophelia's refusal of Hamelt has made him mad. He said to Ophelia: “I will go and get the king. It is the very ecstasy of love, whose violent property renounces itself and leads the will to desperate enterprises” (lines 113-116). Rather than asking how Ophelia feels about Hamlet, Polonius argues that love is self-destructive and causes people to do "desperate" things. His manner subjugates Ophelia and makes her feelings seem like they aren't that important. Instead, Polonius is more concerned with how Hamlet has recently gone mad and he thinks this is due to