Act 4 Key Quotes Flashcards
How does Gertrude describe hamlets madness in scene 1
Mad as the sea and wind, when both contend/ which is the mightier
What does hamlet say about polonious corpse in scene 2 ?
The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body.
What does hamlet say about ALL peoples death in scene 3 ?
A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and of the fish that hath fed of that worm.
What does Claudius say when revealing his plan to kill hamlet in scene 3 ?
Do it, England for like the hectic in my blood he rages and thou must cure me
What does hamlet say when reflecting on his inaction in scene 4
How stand I then/ that have a father killed, a mother stained/ excitement of my reason and my blood /and let all sleep.
What does hamlet say in his last soliloquy about killing Claudius
O from this time forth/ my thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth.
