Quotable Quotes from Hamlet
1. "frailty, thy name is woman---" - Hamlet
2. "to thine own self be true" - Polonius
3. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet
4. "To the celestial, and my soul's idol, the most beautified Ophelia--Doubt thou the stars are fire,
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar,
But never doubt I love.
O dear Ophelia, I am ill at these numbers. I have
not art to reckon my groans; but that I love thee best,
O most best, believe it. Adieu.
Thine evermore, most dear lady, whilst this
machine is to him, HAMLET." - in a letter written to Ophelia
5. "I am but mad north-northwest" - Hamlet
6. "The play's the thing
Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King." - Hamlet
7. "Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind." - Ophelia
8. "Madness in great ones must not unwatched go." - Claudius
9. "Give me that man
That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him
In my heart's core." - Hamlet
10. "are you like the painting of a sorrow,
a face without a heart?" - Claudius
11. "Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away." - Hamlet
12. "Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew, and dog will have his day." - Hamlet
13. "There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow.
If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come,
it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come.
The readiness is all." - Hamlet
14. "the rest is silence" - Hamlet
15. "Now cracks a noble heart. Goodnight, sweet Prince.
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." - Horatio
Choose 10 quotations is discuss. Identify
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who the speaker is addressing,
what is the context
explain the importance
Identify any figures of speech or rhetorical devices
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