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... cause 'a will by no means speak' (III.1.5–6). Hamlet is irritated by the presumption of Guildenstern, who won't play the recorder because he has no expertise but supposes he can fathom the depths of Hamlet's mind. Why, look you now, how ...
... cause 'a will by no means speak' (III.1.5–6). Hamlet is irritated by the presumption of Guildenstern, who won't play the recorder because he has no expertise but supposes he can fathom the depths of Hamlet's mind. Why, look you now, how ...
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... the quarrel; for God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight, Hath caused his death; the which if wrongfully, Let heaven revenge, for I may never lift An angry arm against His minister. (I.2.37–41) In Richard II.
... the quarrel; for God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight, Hath caused his death; the which if wrongfully, Let heaven revenge, for I may never lift An angry arm against His minister. (I.2.37–41) In Richard II.
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... ) the justice of his cause, directly juxtaposes the Christian text 'Vindicta mihi!' (Vengeance is mine) with the Senecan injunction 'Per scelus semper tutum est sceleribus iter: | Strike, and strike home, where wrong is offer'd.
... ) the justice of his cause, directly juxtaposes the Christian text 'Vindicta mihi!' (Vengeance is mine) with the Senecan injunction 'Per scelus semper tutum est sceleribus iter: | Strike, and strike home, where wrong is offer'd.
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... cause, And, in this upshot, purposes mistook Fallen on th'inventors' heads. (V.2.374–9) If all this is divinely sanctioned, it is by the violent and punitive Calvinist deity. Whether or not you think the quality of Hamlet's engagement ...
... cause, And, in this upshot, purposes mistook Fallen on th'inventors' heads. (V.2.374–9) If all this is divinely sanctioned, it is by the violent and punitive Calvinist deity. Whether or not you think the quality of Hamlet's engagement ...
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... cause'. The main evidence to the contrary is Hamlet jumping into the grave of Ophelia. Bradley seeks to explain it thus: 'when he declared that it was such a love as forty thousand brothers could not equal, he spoke sincerely indeed but ...
... cause'. The main evidence to the contrary is Hamlet jumping into the grave of Ophelia. Bradley seeks to explain it thus: 'when he declared that it was such a love as forty thousand brothers could not equal, he spoke sincerely indeed but ...
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action actor audience BARNARDO behaviour blood character Christian Claudius Claudius’s Danish dead dear Denmark doth e’en Elizabethan England Enter Hamlet Enter the King Exeunt Exit eyes F reads father fear Fortinbras friends gentleman Gertrude Ghost give God’s hast hath hear heart heaven honour in’t is’t Jephthah judgement Julius Caesar killed King and Queen King Claudius King Hamlet King of Denmark King’s Laertes Laertes’s look madness MARCELLUS marriage means misogyny mother murder nature night Norway o’er Ophelia OSRICK Paul Prescott performance perhaps phrase play play’s PLAYER poison Pollax Polonius Polonius’s pray Presumably Prince Prince Hamlet probably Pyrrhus Q2 and F Q2 reads Quarto rapiers revenge REYNALDO Richard II Rosencrantz and Guildenstern scene SECOND CLOWN seems sense Shakespeare soliloquy soul speak speech sweet sword tell theatre thee There’s thou thoughts tragedy Trumpets Voltemand what’s word