Hamlet key quotes

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"I am sick at heart"
Hamlet- State of Denmark is 'ill'
1 of 34
"Dear brother's dead"
Claudius- sycophantic
2 of 34
"Frailty thy name is woman"
Hamlet- obsession with Gertrude
3 of 34
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"
Hamlet- Sick nation
4 of 34
"Leave her to heaven"
Ghost of Hamlet- leave Gertrude, let god punish her for her sins
5 of 34
"I'll loose my daughter to him"
Claudius- using Ophelia
6 of 34
"That incestuous, that adulterous beast"
Ghost to Hamlet: re Claudius"
7 of 34
"Never doubt I love"
Hamlet in a letter to Ophelia"
8 of 34
"if it be now, 'tis not to come.. Let be"
Hamlet- resignation to death
9 of 34
"I am justly killed with mine own treachery"
Laertes- a dying Laertes realises he was morally wrong
10 of 34
"O my dear Hamlet!.. I am poisoned"
Gertrude- dying words of affection and warning to Hamlet, makes us question her involvement
11 of 34
Thou incestuous, murderous, damned Dane/Drink off this poison"
Hamlet- climax of his wrath against Claudius
12 of 34
"Good night sweet prince, and flights of angels fly thee to thy rest"
Horatio- a farewell from Hamlet's closest friend.
13 of 34
"Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage"
Fortinbras to Hortatio- shows loyalty
14 of 34
"You will lose, my Lord"
Horatio to Hamlet- a knowing prophesy contrasting with Hamlet's belief the fight will be a minor event
15 of 34
"This is the very coinage of your brain"
Gertrude to Hamlet- she cannot see the ghost, casting doubt upon Hamlet's mental state
16 of 34
"I must be cruel only to be kind"
Hamlet to Gertrude- a sane comment implying a fondness of his mother and possibly Ophelia
17 of 34
"My revenge will come"
Laertes
18 of 34
"A bloody deed. Almost as bad, good mother, as killing a king and marrying his brother"
Hamlet to Gertrude
19 of 34
"Revenge should have no bounds"
Claudius to Laertes
20 of 34
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio"
Hamlet famously musing about physical and moral corruption
21 of 34
"Get thee to a nunnery"
Hamlet to Ophelia
22 of 34
God hath given you one face and you make yourselves another"
Hamlet- Misogynistic view that all women are two-faced
23 of 34
"Do you think I meant country Matters?"
Hamlet to Ophelia- crude and offensive language
24 of 34
"My wit's disease"
Hamlet to Rosencrantz- his words are failing him
25 of 34
"Oh, my offence is rank"
Claudius's confession
26 of 34
"All may be well"
Claudius- hoping confession/pray will save him
27 of 34
"To be or not to be, that is the question"
Hamlet considering the idea of suicide"t
28 of 34
The plays the thing/Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king"
Hamlet showing confidence as he plots the first part of his revenge
29 of 34
"Incestuous sheets"
Hamlet regarding Claudius/Gertude- obsession with Gertudes sexuality
30 of 34
"I shall obey my lord"
Ophelia showing her submissive nature
31 of 34
"What was I about to say"
Polonius- showing his age/loss of wit
32 of 34
"now he is praying; I'll do it now"
Hamlet tempted to kill Claudius while he is praying but doesn't- concerned with spirituality
33 of 34
" to cut his throut I'the church"
Laertes saying he would kill Hamlet in church given the opportunity
34 of 34

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

"Dear brother's dead"

Back

Claudius- sycophantic

Card 3

Front

"Frailty thy name is woman"

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

"Leave her to heaven"

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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