Hamlet Act 1 quotes

Question 1

I am

Answer 1

I am sick at heart (Francisco)

Question 2

But two months…

Answer 2

But two months dead; nay, not so much, not two.
So excellent a king that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr

Question 3

A little month…

Answer 3

A little month, or ere those shoes were old with which she followed my poor fathers body

Question 4

O most…

Answer 4

O most wicked speed…to incestuous sheets
It is not, nor it cannot come to good

Question 5

A little more

Answer 5

A little more than kin, and less than kind

Question 6

Take each…

Answer 6

Take each mans censure, but reserve thy judgement

Question 7

He hath my…

Answer 7

He hath my lord, of late made many tenders
Of his affection to me

Question 8

Do not…

Answer 8

Do not believe his vows for they are brokers

Question 9

The air

Answer 9

The air bites shrewdly, it is very cold

Question 10

Something is

Answer 10

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Question 11

Revenge his

Answer 11

Revenge his fouls and most unnatural murder

Question 12

The serpent that

Answer 12

The serpent that did sting thy fathers life now wears his crown

Question 13

O villain

Answer 13

O villain villain smiling dammed villain… that one may smile and smile and be a villain

Question 14

As I perchance

Answer 14

As I perchance hereafter shall think meet, to put an antic disposition

Question 15

I have found

Answer 15

I have found the very cause of Hamlet’s lunacy

Question 16

I doubt it is

Answer 16

I doubt it is no other but the main:/His father’s death, and our o’erhasty marriage

Question 17

I could be

Answer 17

I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space

Question 18

What a piece

Answer 18

What a piece of work is a man

Question 19

I am but mad north

Answer 19

I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.

Question 20

The plays the

Answer 20

The play’s the thing/wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King

Question 21

I hold

Answer 21

I hold my duty as I hold my soul

Question 22

I did repel his

Answer 22

I did repel his letters, and denied his access to me

Question 23

I am pigeon

Answer 23

I am pigeon-liveried and lack gall

Question 24

To be

Answer 24

To be or not to be that is the question

Question 25

Though this be madness,

Answer 25

Though this be madness, yet there is a method in’t

Question 26

To thine

Answer 26

To thine ownself be true

Question 27

I am

Answer 27

I am too much in the sun

Question 28

A double blessing

Answer 28

A double blessing is a double grace

Question 29

That hath

Answer 29

That hath made him mad

Question 30

I do receive

Answer 30

I do receive your offered love like love, and will not wrong it

Question 31

He is a

Answer 31

He is a noble youth

Question 32

The apparel

Answer 32

The apparel oft proclaims the man

Question 33

These are

Answer 33

These are the but the trappings and the suits of woe

Question 34

I have heard

Answer 34

I have heard of your paintings too, well enough. God hath given you one face and you make yourself another

Question 35

An antic

Answer 35

An antic disposition