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Hamlet may be the most quotable of all Shakespeare's plays. Read our selection of the most memorable Hamlet quotes, with links to translations and analysis. 1. Something
To be or not to be—that is the question. (III.i.) 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.
Hamlet Quotes Showing 1-30 of 554. “Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.”. ― William Shakespeare, Hamlet. tags: love.
Hamlet is such an often-quoted play, it is almost impossible to select just a few well-known quotes, but here are some likely contenders, in order of appearance in the play. Thaw and resolve itself into a dew! And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. More honoured in the breach than the observance.
Shakespeare's Sources for Hamlet. Quotations from Hamlet with explanatory notes and fascinating facts about the play.
Find the quotes you need in William Shakespeare's Hamlet, sortable by theme, character, or scene. From the creators of SparkNotes.
If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone. What piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving, how express and admirable in action, how like an angel in apprehension, how like a god! The beauty of the world. The paragon of animals.
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Hamlet Quotes. A hit, a very palpable hit. A king of infinite space. A ministering angel. Alas, poor Yorick. Antic disposition. Brevity is the soul of wit. Caviary to the general. Cruel to be...
May 27, 2021 · So let’s take a closer look at some of the most important quotations in Hamlet, offering an explanation of each quotation as we go. ‘To be, or not to be: that is the question’. Arguably the most famous quotation in the whole of Hamlet, this line begins one of Hamlet’s darkest and most philosophical soliloquies.
