 I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play, Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.  Montalva, or, Annals of guilt - Page 102by Ann Mary Hamilton - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Terence Hawkes - Criticism - 2002 - 182 pages
...can 'make mad the guilty and appal the free' (2.2.558) does not lack confidence, and his assurance I have heard That guilty creatures sitting at a play...the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions. For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. (2.2.584-90)... | |
 | Terence Hawkes - Criticism - 2002 - 180 pages
...can 'make mad the guilty and appal the free' (2.2.5581 does not lack confidence, and his assuranceI have heard That guilty creatures sitting at a play...the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions. For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. (2.2.584-901... | |
 | Kenneth Muir - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 260 pages
...deceit-therapy - that the truth is not sufficiently impressive of itself and needs the help of art. I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play,...Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaimed their malefactions. (Hamlet, n, ii, 584-8) So the play's the thing wherein to catch the... | |
 | Julie Sanders - American fiction - 2001 - 274 pages
...Prince uses the staging of 'The Murder of Gonzago' by visiting players to determine his uncle's guilt: I have heard that guilty creatures sitting at a play...Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaimed their malefactions; (2.2.566-9) Here, as in Hamlet, we have ghosts and guilt. But the expectations... | |
 | Amy Benjamin - Cognitive styles in children - 2002 - 184 pages
...or censorship issues. Why do some performances evoke actual riots? * Think about what Hamlet says: "I have heard/ that guilty creatures sitting at a.../Been struck so to the soul that presently /They have confessed their malefactions." What does this mean? Why would this be so? * Find out about some interesting... | |
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