Performance, Language and Truth Flashcards
What quote shows Hamlet using theatre to reveal truth?
“The play’s the thing wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king.”
What does Polonius say about brevity and performance?
“Brevity is the soul of wit.”
How does Hamlet describe playing madness?
“I am but mad north-north-west.”
What moment uses metaphor to describe verbal manipulation?
“You would pluck out the heart of my mystery.”
What line reflects the importance of language in identity?
“Seems, madam? Nay, it is. I know not seems.”
How does Hamlet mock the court’s love of performance?
“Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you.”
What quote links acting to moral unmasking?
“Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.”
What does Hamlet say to Guildenstern about being played?
“You cannot play upon me.”
