Hamlet Quotes Flashcards

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1
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Telling Ophelia where to go

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“Get thee to a nunnery”

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2
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Insulting women in front of Gertrude

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“Frailty, thy name is Woman”

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3
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Hamlet’s state of mind - no pleasure

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“weary, stale, flat and unprofitable”

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4
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Laertes revenge

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“But my revenge will come”

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5
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Fortinbras desctiption

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“delicate and tender prince”

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6
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Hamlet missing Old Hamlet

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“I a noble father lost”

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7
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Hamlet’s views on Gertrude and Claudius’ relationship

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“incestuous sheets”

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8
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Ophelia’s obedience

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“I will obey my lord”

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9
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Hamlet’s love for Ophelia. Or not…

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“i did love you once”… “i loved you not”

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10
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“tis an unweeded garden that grows to seed…

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…things rank and gross in nature”

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11
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“This bodes some…

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…strange eruption to our state”

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12
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“Though yet of Hamlet…

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…our dear brother’s death”
- Claudius, Appearance vs Reality

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13
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“A little more…

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…than kin, and less than kind”

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14
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“Ay that incestous,…

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…that adulterate beast”

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15
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“Smiling…

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…damned villain”

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16
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“The funeral baked meats…

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…did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables”

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17
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“Give thy thoughts…

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…no tongue”
- Polonius, controlling

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18
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“Something is rotten…

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…in the state of Denmark”

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19
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“So art thou…

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…to revenge”
- OH to H

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20
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“The serpent that did sting thy father’s life…

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…now wears his crown”

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21
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“To put…

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…an antic disposition on”

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22
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“I did repel…

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…his letters”

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23
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“The very cause of…

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…Hamlet’s lunacy”

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24
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“I have a daughter - …

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…have while she is mine”

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25
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“I have of late… lost all my mirth…

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…forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition”

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26
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“O what a…

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…rogue and peasant slave am I!”

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27
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“The play’s the thing…

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…wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king”

28
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“Oh, ‘tis too true”

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Claudius admitting to murder

29
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“it were better my mother…

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…had not borne me”

30
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“Go to, I’ll no more on’t,…

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…it hath made me mad”
- H about Ophelia

31
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“It would cost you a groaning…

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…to take off mine edge”
- H to O, requires sex with her to heal him

32
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“Oh my offence is…

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…rank, it smells to heaven”

33
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“My stronger guilt defeats…

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…my strong intent”

34
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“Forgive me my…

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…foul murder”

35
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“Mother, you have my father…

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…much offended”

36
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“Thou wretched, rash,…

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…intruding fool, farewell”
- H after killing P

37
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“Blasting his…

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…wholesome brother”

38
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“In the rank sweat…

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…of an enseamed bed”

39
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“These words like…

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…daggers enter in my ears”

40
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“It is not madness…

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…that I have uttered”

41
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“But we will ship…

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…him hence”

42
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“My son if full of…

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…discord and dismay”

43
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“We go to gain a little patch of ground…

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…that hath in it no profit but the name”

44
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“How all occasions do inform against me…

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…and spur my dull revenge”

45
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“Of thinking too…

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…precisely on th’event”

46
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“The imminent death of…

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…twenty thousand men”

47
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“My thoughts be…

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bloody or be nothing worth”

48
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“Revenge should have…

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…no bounds”
- Claudius, comp to H

49
Q

“A sword unbated… requite…

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…him for your father”

50
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“Why, as a woodcock to mine…

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…own springe”
- Laertes, scheming has backfired

51
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“He is justly…

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…served”
- Laertes, King dies

52
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“The rest is…

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…silence”

53
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'’If thou didst ever thy dear…

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…father love . . . revenge his foul and most unnatural murder’’

54
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“Give her good watch,…

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…I pray you”
- Claudius about Ophelia

55
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“O, heavy…

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…deed!”
- C on P’s death

56
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“It had been so with us,…

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…had we been there”
- C unconcerned that G could’ve been in danger

57
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“To show yourself in deed…

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…your father’s son”
- C to L

58
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“Witchcraft of…

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…his wit”

59
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Ophelia praising Hamlet

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“Nobel mind”
“Unmatched form”

60
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Ophelia says she is most “deject and…

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…wretched” because she trusted “his music vows”

61
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Ophelia believes Hamlet’s abuse of her and Polonius is down to madness

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“Heavenly powers” “restore him”

62
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Ophelia hurt that Hamlet saying “I loved you not”

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“I was the more deceived”

63
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Ophelia reason for death

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“Incapable of her own distress”

64
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Church questioning Ophelia’s death

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“Her death was doubtful”
“shards, flints and pebbles should be thrown at her”

65
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Polonius claims Ophelia spending time with Hamlet will danger her…

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…“honour”

66
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Laetes lectures Ophelia about her losing her…

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…“Chaste treasure”

67
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“I am but mad…

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…north-northwest”