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Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1. Hamlet is probably referring to any promise of marriage he made to Ophelia, and to his disgust at the "incestuous" and hasty marriage of his mother Gertrude to Claudius. Nay, then, let the devil wear black, for I’ll have a suit of sables. Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2.
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Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5. Hamlet is enraged after the Ghost’s...
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Claudius’s questions echo Hamlet’s earlier doubts about the grief of his own mother, Gertrude, and in this sense Claudius’s questions speak to the play’s larger anxiety about the mismatch between appearance and reality. Yet this quote also works on another level, establishing a contrast between Laertes and Hamlet.
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Moments before this monologue, Claudius has been plotting with Ophelia’s brother Laertes to murder Hamlet. Laertes had left Denmark earlier in the play but has just returned after hearing of the news of his father death. He blames Hamlet not only for Polonius murder but also for Ophelia turning mad and is keen for revenge himself. Claudius discusse...
Now I’m going to break down this monologue into beats and thought changes: Space = New beat/idea , or ;= build on a thought Gertrude: One woe doth tread upon another’s heel, So fast they follow: your sister’s drown’d, Laertes. Laertes: Drown’d! O, where? There is a willow grows aslant a brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream: There ...
Gertrude: One sadness comes after another, So fast it follows: your sister’s drowned, Laertes. Laertes:Drowned! Oh, where? There is a willow tree that grows leaning over a river, Whose whitish leaves look down into the transparent stream: She came there with wreaths Of crowflowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples, That rude shepherds give a crud...
Aslant: On a slant, leaning Hoar: Whitish Liberal: Free-thinking Grosser: Cruder, ruder Pendant: Hanging Bough: Branch Coronet: Crown, garland Envious Sliver: An envious branch (envious that it wouldn’t have the wreath placed on it) Weedy trophies: The wreath made of flowers Laud: Hymn Indued:Endowed with qualities
Jun 2, 2020 · Act 3, scene 4. ⌜ Scene 4 ⌝. Synopsis: In Gertrude’s room, Polonius hides behind a tapestry. Hamlet’s entrance so alarms Gertrude that she cries out for help. Polonius echoes her cry, and Hamlet, thinking Polonius to be Claudius, stabs him to death. Hamlet then verbally attacks his mother for marrying Claudius.
Summary: Act III, scene iv. In Gertrude’s chamber, the queen and Polonius wait for Hamlet’s arrival. Polonius plans to hide in order to eavesdrop on Gertrude’s confrontation with her son, in the hope that doing so will enable him to determine the cause of Hamlet’s bizarre and threatening behavior. Polonius urges the queen to be harsh ...
Aug 17, 2017 · “What I have done,” Hamlet later says of the killing, “I here proclaim was madness” (5.2.201–03). Gertrude backs up Hamlet’s pretense of madness by telling Claudius that Hamlet, when killing Polonius, was “Mad as the sea and wind when both contend / Which is the mightier” (4.1.7–8).
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Summary: Gertrude dies from drinking poisoned wine intended for Hamlet. Claudius is killed by Hamlet with a poisoned sword and forced to drink the same poisoned wine. Laertes is wounded by his own ...
