Famous Quotes from Hamlet
"...SICK AT HEART" Francisco is happy to do this, thanking Bernardo and saying "'tis [it is] bitter cold, / And I am sick at heart" (it is very cold and I am sick at heart), a line which symbolizes the mood of this play and the state of tension in Denmark."...NOT A MOUSE STIRRING" Before leaving we learn from Francisco that it has been a quiet watch with "Not a mouse stirring" (not a mouse moving)."...FOR THIS RELIEF MUCH THANKS" Francisco hears the approach of two men whom we soon learn are the soldiers Horatio and Marcellus who identify themselves as being loyal to Denmark. Before leaving, Francisco tells Marcellus that Bernardo has relieved him."...THE MORN, IN RUSSET MANTLE CLAD""...A LITTLE MORE THAN KIN AND LESS THAN KIND" Hamlet makes his first observation, suspiciously commenting in an aside (a speech sharing his private thoughts with the audience) that Claudius who referred to him as a "son," is "A little more than kin [family], and less than kind" (a little more than family and less than kind) (def.2)-Hamlet's first words in the play show him playing with words in order to state a paradox: Claudius is twice related to him,
SUIT THE ACTION TO THE WORD, THE WORD TO THE ACTION" Hamlet now goes on giving out advise, telling the players (actors) not to be too tame either and instead to "let your own discretion [judgment] be your tutor: suit [match] the action to the word, the word to the action;" ". MORE MATTER, WITH LESS ART" Queen Gertrude, noting that Polonius is speaking very articulately ( using many words / verbosely) but is saying little, asks Polonius for "More matter, with less art" (get to the point / more content with less style), or to say more without less waffling or needless elaboration; in other words to just say what he knows. FRAILTY, THY NAME IS WOMAN!" So angry is Hamlet that he generalizes that all woman like his mother are weak when he says: "Frailty, thy [your] name is woman!" ". 3)-The greatest and lowest of men all share similar fates (though Hamlet looks highly on Yorick) While this scene reminisces on a favorite old friend of Hamlet, one cannot overlook the foreshadowing. THIS ABOVE ALL: TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE" Famously, Polonius tells his daughter, "This above all [above all else]: to thine own self be true," (be true to yourself)".
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Queen Gertrude,
MAKES Hamlet,
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QUESTION Hamlet,
KIN Hamlet,
Julius Caesar,
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HEART Francisco,
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sick heart,
king claudius,
frailty thy name,
little kin,
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killed father,
madness method in't,
alas poor yorick,
brevity soul wit,
bad thinking makes,
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