hamlet act 1 key quotes Flashcards
who said “this bodies some strange eruption to out state”
Horatio tells Marcellus and Barnardo, as he is sure that the appearance of the ghost in the form of their previous king signals that something is seriously wrong with the country
” a little more than kin and less than kind “
hamlet
” How is it that the clouds still hang on you “
Claudius
” But, you must know, your father lost a father….. ‘tis unmanly grief”
Claudius
“Frailty thy name is woman”
Hamlet
“O! most wicked speed, to post with such dexterity to incestuous sheets !”
hamlet
“How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world “
Hamlet
” My father’s spirit in arms ! All is not well; I doubt some foul play.”
Hamlet
” is subject to his birth”
Laertes
” I would not, in plain terms, from this time forth… give words or talk with the Lord Hamlet “
Polonius
” Tender yourself more dearly or … you’ll tender me a fool “
Polonius
” I, with wings as swift as meditation or the thoughts of love, may sweep to me revenge “
Hamlet
” O villain, villain, smiling damned villain, that one may smile and smile and be a villain “
Hamlet
” O cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right !”
Hamlet
“Thou art a scholar; speak to it, Horatio
Marcellus
