Quotes act (III) scene (iii) Flashcards

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The terms of our estate

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The terms of our estate may not endure hazard so dangerous as doth hourly grow out of his lunacies

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Never alone

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never alone did the king sigh but with a general groan

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my offence is rank

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my offence is rank, it smells to heaven, it hath the primal eldest curse upon’t, a bother’s murder!

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And so I am revenged. That would be scann’d

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that would be scann’d, a villain kills my father, and for that, I his sole son, do the same villain send to heaven

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I am still possessed

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i am still possessed of those effects for which i did the murder, my crown, mine own ambition, and my queen. My one be pardoned and retain the offence?

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WHO SAYS THIS The terms of our estate may not endure hazard so dangerous as doth hourly grow out of his lunacies

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claudius

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EXPLAIN The terms of our estate may not endure hazard so dangerous as doth hourly grow out of his lunacies

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Hamlet’s behaviour is dangerous and threatens the position of the king

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WHO SAYS THIS never alone did the king sigh but with a general groan

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rosencrantz

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EXPLAIN never alone did the king sigh but with a general groan

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when the king suffers the nation suffers
singular sigh -> general groan
onomatopoeia

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WHO SAYS THIS? my offence is rank, it smells to heaven, it hath the primal eldest curse upon’t, a bother’s murder!

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claudius

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EXPLAIN my offence is rank, it smells to heaven, it hath the primal eldest curse upon’t, a bother’s murder!

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compares his sin to the first murder, according to the bible, brothers cain kills abel,

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WHO SAYS THIS i am still possessed of those effects for which i did the murder, my crown, mine own ambition, and my queen. My one be pardoned and retain the offence?

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claudius

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EXPLAIN i am still possessed of those effects for which i did the murder, my crown, mine own ambition, and my queen. My one be pardoned and retain the offence?

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he still has the 3 fruits of the crime, rhetorical question, he knows he cannot be forgiven if he still possesses the fruits of his crime

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WHO SAYS THIS that would be scann’d, a villain kills my father, and for that, I his sole son, do the same villain send to heaven

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Hamlet

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scann’d

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scant

that wouldn’t be much

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EXPLAIN that would be scann’d, a villain kills my father, and for that, I his sole son, do the same villain send to heaven

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if i send claudius to heaven that wouldn’t be much
another excuse
has a sword, could tell claudius to bless himself and then kill him but he is procrastinating again