When Polonius is trying to trap Hamlet with Ophelia into giving away why he is acting mad, I found it interesting that Hamlet went on a rant about women in the world. It made me wonder if these were Hamlets real thoughts or if he knew this was a set up so he was making up ideals to rant about. As the reader, we know why Hamlet is acting mad so this leads me to believe that knew he was being watched so he made up a rant for cover. However, I also think that he could have just been very emotional at the time when he saw Ophelia and ranted about women and not known he was being watched.