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      • In the course of commenting about how just one fault can ruin a man's reputation, Hamlet says that the fault can be "nature's livery, or fortune's star" (1.4.32). In other words, the man can either be born with the fault or pick it up later.
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  2. Fortune, Fate, and Providence. David Tennant as Hamlet. Lady Fortune and her Wheel. Horatio cries out to the Ghost, "If thou art privy to thy country's fate, / Which, happily, foreknowing may avoid, / O, speak!" (1.1.133-135).

  3. In this line—the most famous line in all of Shakespeare—Hamlet asks whether it is better to exist or not to exist, or to put it another way, whether he should commit suicide or continue living. Hamlet’s central struggle is with his own uncertainty.

  4. "We defy augury"—that is, omens mean nothing to him. Hamlet will deliver himself over to his fate, because he finally realizes that it is out of his control.

    • “Listen to many, speak to a few.” (Polonius, act 1 scene 3) “Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.”
    • “That one may smile and smile and be a villain.” (Hamlet, act 1 scene 5) “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in our philosophy.”
    • “Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.” (Polonius, act 2 scene 2)
    • “There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” (Hamlet, act 2 scene 2) “O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! “
  5. www.shakespeare-online.com › quotes › shakespeareonShakespeare on Fate

    The most famous quotes on fate by William Shakespeare. Does Shakespeare believe in divine providence?

  6. Hamlet does not seem to suspect any sinister purpose for the fencing match, arranged by the very man who has already tried to kill him. Is this an oversight on Shakespeare's part? Or is it possible that Hamlet's high opinion of Laertes' as a "very noble youth" makes him confident that no foul

  7. Get free homework help on William Shakespeare's Hamlet: play summary, scene summary and analysis and original text, quotes, essays, character analysis, and filmography courtesy of CliffsNotes. William Shakespeare's Hamlet follows the young prince Hamlet home to Denmark to attend his father's funeral.

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