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"out of the air"
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Act 2,
Scene 2
Lines 204-211

An explanation of the phrase "out of the air" in Act 2, Scene 2 of myShakespeare's Hamlet. 

myShakespeare | Hamlet 2.2 Language: "Out of the Air"

Polonius   

[Aside]  Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
[To Hamlet]  Will you walk out of the air, my lord?    

Hamlet

Into my grave?    

Polonius   

Indeed, that is out of the air.  [Aside] How pregnant    
sometimes his replies are! A happiness that often madness
hits on, which reason and sanity could not so prosperously
be delivered of. I will leave him, and suddenly contrive
the means of meeting between him and my daughter.
Video Transcript: 

RALPH: Hamlet intentionally misinterprets Polonius's suggestion to go out of the air — to go inside — as an invitation to go to his grave.

SARAH: There is also, perhaps, a symbolic meaning to Hamlet's words, which once again Polonius does not understand — following Polonius inside is in some way heading in the direction of the royal court, into Claudius's sphere of power, which spells danger for Hamlet.