7th Hamlet Soliloquy - How All Occasions Do Inform Against Me Flashcards
When does it appear
4.4
Why is it contested
not in the folio so some think Shakespeare cut it so many directors cut it
everything is convincing him to fight
‘How all occasions do inform against me, and spur my dull revenge!’
‘A beast, no more sure he that made us with such large discourse’
God gave us thought for a reason
too much thought stops him
‘Of thinking too precisely on th’event’
Hamlet admires how Fortinbras will simply fight for his honour
‘Witness this army of such mass and charge, led by a delicate and tender prince, whose spirit with divine ambition puffed’
its right to fight for honour
‘Rightly to be great is not to stir without great argument, but greatly to find quarrel in a straw when honour’s at the stake’
Hamlet resolves to think bloody thoughts but still despite sounding confident and motivated does not resolve to act
‘My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth’
