Odysseus shows his sanity by pretending to be mad in Homer's The Iliad to avoid going to war. ... Even though his performance is a good one, Polonius notes that "Though this be madness, yet there is method in "t" (Act II, scene II, lines 211-212), hinting that he is catching on to Hamlet's act. ...

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