Soliloquies Flashcards
1
Q
“O that this too too solid flesh would melt”
A
1.2 - Hamlet contemplating suicide
2
Q
“O all you host of heaven”
A
1.5 - after he has met OKH’s ghost, good vs evil
3
Q
“O what a rogue and peasant slave am I”
A
2.2 - anger/self-loathing for lack of action
4
Q
“To be or not to be, that is the question”
A
3.1 - Hamlet illustrating his indecision and lack of action
5
Q
“How all occasions do inform against me”
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4.4 - comparing himself to Young Fortinbras and decides to act
6
Q
“Now might I do it pat, now he is praying”
A
3.3 - Hamlet just about to kill Claudius
7
Q
“Tis now the very witching time of night”
A
after Mousetrap 3.2 - typical revenge hero
8
Q
Other soliloquies in Hamlet
A
Claudius 3.3 - ruminating on his guilt
Ophelia 3.1 - Nunnery scene
