quotations Flashcards
“By indirections and directions out”-2.1
Polonius
Irony
Developing the truth through deceit
“Doubt this the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love” - 2.2
Hamlet to Ophelia
Using Ophelia to accentuate his fake madness ploy
“Though this be madness, yet there is a method in’t-“2.2
Polonius
Sensing some understanding/ lucidity in Hamlet’s madness
“I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly i know a hawk from a handsaw”- 2.2
Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Almost admitting his inconsistent madness
“This above all: to thine own self be true,/ And it must follow […]/ Thou canst not then be false to any man” -1.3
Polonius to Laertes
Fatherly figure - BE TRUE TO YOURSELF / HONEST WITH OTHERS
Contrasts with his caniving attitude towards Hamlet
“Seems; madam? Nay it is. I know not ‘seems.” -1.2
Hamlet to Gertrude
APPEARANCE vs REALITY
Indignant about the idea he could be fighting madness
“O, villian, villian, smiling, damned villian![…] / one may smile,and smile, and be a villian. / At least I’m sure it may be so in Denmark,” -1.5
Hamlet (soliloquy)
VILLAIN repetition - using power of words when considering Claudius’ crimes
Reference to Denmark highlights the deception in Elsinore
APPEARANCE vs REALITY
“You were sent for, and there is a kind of confession in your looks which your modesties have not craft enough to colour.”-2.2
Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
CRAFT - they cannot hide their lies
Power vs loyalty
“At such a time I’ll loose my daughter to him. Be you and I behind and arras then. Mark the encounter”- 2.2
Polonius to Claudius
Hamlet using Ophelia as bait
What themes or concepts link these quotations together?
CRITICAL VIEWS to explore the themes
Deceit, Secrecy, Lies
Kenneth Branagh > 2.2 > Claudius, private rooms
