hamlet quotes— revenge Flashcards
Fortinbras has no justification for seeking revenge, he has….. to help him lay claim to territory
“Sharked up a list of lawless resolutes”
Hamlet moved by Fortinbras’ bravery and determination, so he vows…
“O, from this time forth/ My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!”
Laertes announces he doesn’t care what happens to him so long as he avenges his father’s death
“Let come what comes. Only I’ll be revenged/ Most thoroughly for my father”
Laertes also swears revenge on whoever drove Ophelia mad
“By heaven, thy madness shall be paid by weight/ Till our scale turn the beam.”
the slightest touch of Claudius’ sword as he plots a rigged duel with Laertes…
“may be death”
Laertes becomes corrupted and is more proof that…
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”
Ghost demands that Hamlet…
“revenge his foul and most unnatural murder”
Hamlet expresses dismay after accepting position of avenger
“O cursed spite/ That ever I was born to set it right!”
Hamlet rebukes himself for his inability to act on avenging his father in the soliloquy at the end of Act 2
“Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell”
Hamlet muses that the Ghost may be…
“the devil”
Hamlet feels the need of greater proof of Claudius’ guilt before taking action— eg. the play
“catch the conscience of the King”
Hamlet harbours violent thoughts of revenge after the play and performance
“Now I could drink hot blood”
Hamlet must restrain himself when talking to Gertrude
“I will speak daggers to her, but use none”
Hamlet is given the opportunity to kill Claudius while praying, but procrastinates at the chance he may go to heaven
“Now might I do it pat… and so I am revenged”
great irony in Hamlet’s belief Claudius is engaging in…
“the purging of his soul”
