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Polonius is sure that Hamlet has gone mad with love for Ophelia.

See these lines by Polonius in Act 2 scene 1:

~Polonius: Come, go with me! I will go seek the King;This is the very ecstasy of love,...Ophelia: ...

I did repel his letters, and denied

His access to me.Polonius: That hath made him mad;~

So Polonius thinks Hamlet is suffering from the "ecstasy of love" for Ophelia, which has driven him mad.

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