So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear | Ghost to Hamlet describing fathers dead – 1. Revenge |
Revenge is foul and most unnatural murder | Ghost tells hamlet his father has been murdered – 2. Foul |
The serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown | Ghost tells Hamlet that Claudius has murdered his father – 3. Serpent |
Let not the royal bed of Denmark be a couch for luxury and damned incest | Ghost tells hamlet to make a stand on this incestuous relationship – 5. Royal Bed |
O most pernicious woman! O villain, villain, smiling, damnèd villain! | Ghost describes Claudius and gertrude – 6. Pernicious |
There needs no Ghost, my lord, to come from the grave to tell us this | Horatio tells hamlet that everyone was aware of the situation – 7. No ghost |
To put an antic disposition on | Hamlet describes how he is going to go crazy – 9. Antic |
The time is out of joint | Hamlet describes that there is something wrong – 10. Joint |
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy | Hamlet tells Horatio that life is stranger that you can imagine – 8. Philosophy |
That incestuous, that adulterate beast | Ghost describes Claudius 9. Incestuous |
Hamlet – Act 1 Scene 5 Key Quotes
July 18, 2019