suicide Flashcards
Hamlet’s wish to disappear. (first soliloquy)
“O that this too too solid flesh would melt”
canon and self slaughter
“Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d his canon ‘gainst self-slaughter”
The uses of the world are..
“Stale, flat and unprofitable”
most famous line in whole of Hamlet
“To be or not to be”
disease in this world.
“Contagion to this world”
the question of Ophelia burial when she has committed the ultimate sin.
“Is she to be buried in a Christian burial when she wilfully seeks her own salvation?’
(Gravedigger voicing the ambiguous question surrounding Christian attitude to suicide)
Priest’s reaction to suicide.
“Shards, flints and pebbles should be thrown on her”
The priest’s reaction to suicide (that imitates the feelings of the church/Ophelia not allowed to be buried in church yard – breach of the commandment: ‘Thou shall not kill’)
Horatio wanting to die for Hamlet/ drink the same liquor.
“I am more an antique roman than dane, here’s yet some liquor left”
Horatio – willing to die with Hamlet.
