 | Richard Halpern - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 294 pages
...his conceit? And all for nothing, For Hecuba! What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her? What would he do Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? He would drown the stage with tears, And cleave the general ear with horrid speech,... | |
 | Mendelssohn Moses, Moses Mendelssohn - Philosophy - 1997 - 321 pages
...his conceit? and all for nothing! For Hecuba! What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her? What would he do Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? . . . - Hamlet, Act II, Scene n What a masterstroke! Experience teaches that dejected... | |
 | Michael A. Morrison - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 418 pages
...What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba,/ That he should weep (drawn out) for her (downward emphasis)? What would he do,/ Had he the motive and the cue for passion/ That /have (downward emphasis)? He would drown the stagewith tears (drawn out)/ And cleave... | |
 | Michael Schulman, Eva Mekler - Performing Arts - 1998 - 330 pages
...his conceit? and all for nothing! For Hecuba! What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her? What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? He would drown the stage with tears And cleave the general ear with horrid speech,... | |
 | Elena Alexander, Douglas Dunn, Marjorie Gamso, Jill Johnston, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Kenneth King, Yvonne Meier, Sarah Skaggs - Performing Arts - 1998 - 169 pages
...plundered was her last remaining child, her daughter Cassandra, he might have an emoThat he should weep for her? What would he do Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? He would drown the stage with tears And cleave the general ear with horrid speech,... | |
 | Stephen Orgel, Sean Keilen - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 344 pages
...his conceit? And all for nothing, For Hecuba! What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her? What would he do Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? [2.2.534-46] Hamlet makes the point that dances before us in every scene. Dramatic,... | |
 | Joan Ackermann - Drama - 1999 - 53 pages
...thee, get thee. (Sinks back into character.) What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her? What would he do Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? He would drown the stage with tears And cleave the general ear with horrid speech... | |
 | Valeria Wagner - Philosophy - 1999 - 275 pages
...the "time" that is "out of ^Hamlet is here taking the place of the player in H.ii, of whom he says: What would he do Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? He would drown the stage with tears And cleave the general ear with horrid speech,... | |
 | Robert Weimann - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 298 pages
...of this speech, the speaker's awareness of play and the reference to the (First) Player looms large. What would he do Had he the motive and [the cue] for passion That I have? He would drown the stage with tears, And cleave the general ear with horrid speech... | |
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What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her/ What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have... 
