Revenge/Action/Inaction/Ruthlessness Flashcards
Branding himself as a coward/self-mockery
“I am pigeon-livered and lack gall”
“Am I a coward?”
State of self-denial – trying to appear to Ophelia as the decisive man he knows he isn’t.
“proud, revengeful, ambitious”
Deceiving nature / manipulation of the Mouse Trap
“the play’s the thing/ Wherein i’ll catch the conscience of the king”
Having heard of Fortinbras’ advance it makes Hamlet question his own inaction ‘delicate and tender prince’
“thinking too precisely on the event”
his lack of wisdom and possession of cowardness
“a thought which quartered hath but one part wisdom, And ever three parts coward”
After Hamlet returns from
“O from this time forth, my thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth”
Sees their betrayal as completely ending their relationship – no remorse/unemotional
“they are not near my conscience” (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern)
Sees their betrayal as completely ending their relationship – no remorse/unemotional
Considering the option of avenging his father whilst Claudius is praying
‘Now might I do it pat, now a is a praying, and now I’ll do it – and so goes to heaven and so am I revenged. That would be scanned.’
Wants a just end for Claudius’ sin
‘When he is drunk asleep, or in rage, or in th’incestuous pleasure of his bed’
treat ‘em mean to be nice
‘I must be cruel only to be kind’
After MT ready to act
now could I drink hot blood,
And do such bitter business as the day
Would quake to look on
