hamlet quotes— madness (pretending) Flashcards
Hamlet tells Horatio and Marcellus he plans to adopt an…
“antic disposition”
Hamlet informs Rosencrantz and Guildenstern he is…
“but mad north-north-west”
Hamlet tells Gertrude later in play he is… and orders her to not tell Claudius it’s an act
“But mad in craft”
Claudius is always on edge and suspicious, he asks Rosencrantz and Guildenstern if they could find out the reason behind Hamlet’s behaviour and…
“why he puts on this confusion”
Claudius tells Polonius… it’s obvious from the plan to send Hamlet to England to his death, that he realises how great a threat he poses
“madness in great ones must not unwatched go”
The more distressed Hamlet is the more he says— it appears he is putting on a performance of… for Ophelia
“antic disposition”
Polonius originally believed Hamlet was driven mad by love for Ophelia, and was forced to admit the Prince’s speeches show a quick and able mind
“Though this be madness, yet there be method in’t’”
Claudius is forced to admit Hamlet’s speech a little disordered, but far from mad when he was cruel to Ophelia
“what he spake, though it lacked form a little/ Was not like madness”
Ophelia believes Hamlet has been… her love for him blinds her to possibility he’s simply using her to spread the word that he is mad
“Blasted with ecstasy”
Gertrude cannot see the appearance of Ghost and believes it to be a hallucination, Hamlet warns her to not let slip he is…
“not in madness/ But mad in craft”
Gertrude tells Claudius that Hamlet is…
“Mad as the sea and wind, when both contend/ Which is the mightier”
