Hamlet - Quotes Flashcards
Hamlet expresses his extreme grief
But I have that within which passes show; these but the trappings and the suits of woe
Hamlet comments on his relationship with Claudius A1S2
A little more than kin, and less than kind
Hamlet’s first soliloquy - expresses desire to die
O! That this too too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew
Hamlet comments on marriage of Claudius and Gertrude
O! Most wicked speed, to post with such dexterity to incestuous sheets! It is not, nor it cannot come to good
The funeral bak’d meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables
Concerns for Denmark are evident after the ghost’s appearance
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
Ghosts message to Hamlet
Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder
Hamlet curses his fate to seek revenge
O cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right!
Ophelia’s harrowing description of hamlet’s physical appearance
Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbrac’d; no hat upon his head
And with a look so piteous in purport as if he had been loosed out of hell to speak of horrors
He seemed to find his way without his eyes
Claudius & Gertrude description of hamlet’s madness
C: hamlet’s transformation
G: my too much changed son
Polonius questions Hamlet’s madness
Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t
Hamlet reveals his ‘occasional’ madness
I am mad but north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw
Hamlet’s plan to kill the King
The play’s the thing wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King
Hamlet is revealed as an existential thinker
To be, or not to be: that is the question: whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them?
Hamlet’s hateful comment to Ophelia
Get thee to a nunnery
Breeder of sinners
Ophelia mourns her relationship with Hamlet
O! Woe is me, to have seen what I have seen, see what I see