Madness, suicide & existentialism Flashcards
“Mad as the sea and the wind…”
“Mad as the sea and the ind when both contend which one is the mightier”
“If words be made of breath…”
Finish the quote
Where is this quote taken from in the play?
“If words be made of breath And breath of life, I have no life to breathe”
Act 3 scene 4
“My madness speaks… Confess”
Finish the quote
“My madness speaks…confess yourself to heaven, repent what’s past, avoid what’s to come”
Act 3 scene 4
“I would give you some violets…”
Finish the quote
Who says this?
What act and scene is this taken from?
“I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died”
- Ophelia
Act 4 scene 5
“That this too too sallied flesh would melt… fixed his canon gainst self slaughter…”
Finish the quote
“That this too too sallied flesh would melt… fixed his canon gainst self slaughter. O god, how wary, stale flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of the world”
“What piece of work is a man -…”
“What peace of work is a man -… like a god; the beauty of the world; the paragon of animals, and yet to me wha is this quintessence of dust?
Act 2 scene 2
