hamlet quotes— appearance vs reality Flashcards
Banardos nervously asks… and in turn, introduces idea of uneasy, upside-down world, things aren’t as they seem
“Who’s there?”
Banardos asks… because it is too dark to tell who it may be, and he must take his word as he cannot decipher whether it’s real or fake
“Is Horatio there?”
Banardos took Horatio’s word, because all that was visible was Horatio’s hand proffered in greeting
“A piece of him” Horatio replies
Claudius manipulates reality so all appears well in Denmark, he pretends to grieve alongside his subjects, words of comfort ring exceedingly hollow as he murdered his brother
kingdom “contracted in one brow of woe”
Claudius calls Hamlet…
“my cousin Hamlet, and my son”
a bitter aside from Hamlet after Claudius calls him his cousin and son…
“A little more than kin and less than kind”
Hamlet suspects something deeper afoot from offset, his scathing reply to Gertrude’s question about deep affection of father…
“Seems, madam? Nay, it is. I know not “seems”. O my prophetic soul!”
“O my prophetic soul!” was Hamlet’s response after Ghost tells him…
“The serpent that did sting thy father’s life, Now wears his crown”
the murder of Hamlet’s father reinforces Hamlet’s view of hypocrisy in Danish court, prove Denmark is place in which
“one may smile and smile and be a villain”
Ghost also poses problem in terms of appearance vs reality, could be…
“the devil”
Ghost also poses problem in terms of appearance vs reality, could be “the devil” with power…
“T’assume a pleasing shape”
Hamlet needs greater proof of Claudius’ guilt as result, to…
“catch the conscience of the King”
Hamlet compares earth and sky to theatre twice… reminds audience it’s merely fiction when Hamlet makes veiled reference to theatre
“while memory holds a seat, In this distracted globe”, “this majestical roof fretted with golden fire”
Claims he is putting on… to throw off Claudius, but perilously close to genuine madness on occasion
“antic disposition”
Polonius relationship with children hypocritical, reinforces corrupt nature of life in Elsinore, he sends Laertes to Paris— yet Polonius instructs servant to spy and spread rumours of his immorality to elicit confidences about partying habits
“This above all—to thine own self be true”
