Hamlet Act 1 Scene 2
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- Act 1 Scene 2 Quotes
- Appearance v reality
- "That we with wisest sorrow think on him."
- Irony - Claudius pretends to have the welfare of the state in mind, but in reality he is only acting for himself.
- "I must confess, that duty done, my thoughts and wishes bend again towards France."
- Laertes does not pretend to want to be in Denmark, rather speaking candidly about his genuine thoughts.
- "That we with wisest sorrow think on him."
- Procrastination v pragmatism
- "He has not failed to pester us with messages."
- Fortinbras could be argued to be the only true leader of the play, as already he is pragmatic.
- "I must confess, that duty done, my thoughts and wishes bend again towards France."
- Like Fortinbras, Laertes is up-front and barely waits til after the king's speech to ask for leave.
- "He has not failed to pester us with messages."
- Corruption and disease
- "Cast thy nightly colour off."
- Colour imagery of "nightly colour" has connotations with evil or disease.
- "Thy vailed lids."
- Appearance v reality
- "That we with wisest sorrow think on him."
- Irony - Claudius pretends to have the welfare of the state in mind, but in reality he is only acting for himself.
- "I must confess, that duty done, my thoughts and wishes bend again towards France."
- Laertes does not pretend to want to be in Denmark, rather speaking candidly about his genuine thoughts.
- "That we with wisest sorrow think on him."
- "Vailed" implies secrecy and hiding. Suggests that Hamlet is already plotting and has secret plans to get rid of Claudius.
- "Vailed" means downturned, so could have connotations with staring down towards hell, or mirroring the closed eyes of a corpse.
- Appearance v reality
- "Tis not alone my inky cloak."
- Colour imagery of black again. Cloak also suggests that he is surrounded by corruption and disease.
- "Cast thy nightly colour off."
- Colour imagery of "nightly colour" has connotations with evil or disease.
- "Cast thy nightly colour off."
- Religion
- "Tis a fault to heaven."
- Claudius suggests Hamlet's mourning is against heaven, yet he broke the divine right of kings.
- "Or that the Everlasting had not fixed his canon 'gainst self-slaughter!"
- Suicide was considered a sin, and Hamlet wishes to die, but also does not wish to oppose God.
- "Tis a fault to heaven."
- Appearance v reality
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