Quotes Act (III) Scene (ii) Flashcards
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Give me that man that is not passions slave and i will wear him in my heart’s core
Hamlet is passion’s slave and horatio is not, for this reason hamlet can rely on him
In a world that is utterly corrupt horatio is the only one he can trust
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now i could drink hot blood and do such bitter business as the day would quake to look on
hamlet is bloodthirsty, very angry at his mother
could/would: indicates hesitancy
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the soul of nero enter this firm blossom: let me be cruel, not unnatural, i will speak daggers but use none
nero is an emperor that killed his mother, he knows that claudius is guilty, that doesn’t surprise him, but he is angry at his mother, he considered her perfection and now she is a traitor to hamlet and his father in hamlets mind
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with all my heart; and doth much content me, to hear him so inclined good gentlemen, give him further edge and drive his purpose on to these delights
its dramatic irony, he is commending hamlet for something that is ultimately going to out his deep dark secret.
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and for your part ophelia, i do wish that your beauties be the happy cause of Hamlet’s madness
Gertrude uses an affectionate tone with ophelia, she approves of her relationship with hamlet
She uses ophelia as a pawn, like many other characters in the scene such as her father, Hamlet calls this out when he says to Polonius; ‘You’re a fishmonger!’, it means that he is pimping out his daughter and using her existence for his personal gain
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how smart a lash doth speech give my conscience! Oh heavy burden!
Claudius suddenly becomes more human and feels much guiltier
onomatpoeia
metaphor: whipping his feelings, he is hurt
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the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
he's in pain his luck couldnt be worse nothing is going his way he is worn out exhausted from his troubles
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a sea of troubles
vunerable
overwhelmed
forces are aligned against him are too strong like a tide dragging someone out
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but that the dread of something after death, the undiscovered country?
Who would choose to grunt and sweat through an exhausting life, unless they were afraid of something dreadful after death, the place nobody really knows about - heaven/hell
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thus conscience doth make cowards of us all
Fear of death makes us all cowards
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get thee to a nunnery why woud’st thou be a breeder of sinners
why would she want to bring children into the world as they might be like her, he dismisses ophelia cruel to her, uses her, offers a see into his synical view, very aggressive
explain this quote: There’s something in his soul O'er which his melancholy sits on brood, And I do doubt the hatch and the disclose Will be some danger
his sadness is hatching something, like a hen does sitting on an egg. What hatches very well may be dangerous.
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he shall with speed to england,
for the demand of our neglected tribute
he sends hamlet to england to collect the Danegeld
hamlet is a man of inaction he procrastinates
claudius is a man of action: he is very decisive
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how smart a lash
how smart a lash that speak doth give my conscience! oh heavy burden!
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the slings
the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
