And can you by no drift of conference… With turbulent and dangerous lunacy | Claudius to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Can’t you figure out why Hamlet is acting so confused, weird, and crazy? |
To be or not to be, that is the question… And by opposing end them | Hamlet to himself. Is it better to be alive or dead? All the bad things we have to put up with in life |
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn… Thus conscience does make cowards of us all | Hamlet to Ophelia. Nobody returns from death, we all wonder about it and we are all cowards for fearing it |
Get thee to a nunnery… I am very proud, revengeful and ambitious | Hamlet to Ophelia. Do not have the kids of sinners. I wish my mom had not had me because I am a sinner. |
O what a noble mind here is o’erthrown… to see what I see | Ophelia to herself. His mind used to be good but he is going crazy now. |
It out-herods Herod. Pray to avoid it. | Hamlet to the players. It is as bad as the old plays with Herod ranting, please don’t do that in this play |
Nay, do not think I flatter… To feed and clothe thee | Hamlet to Horatio. I’m not flattering you, I have nothing to get from you because all you have is charm |
Excellent I’faith of the Chameleon’s dish… you cannot feed capons so | Hamlet to Claudius. Great! I eat a ton of air just like Chameleons do |
I did enact Julius Caesar… Brutus killed me | Polonius to Hamlet. I played Caesar and was killed by Brutus in the Capitol |
In second husband let me be accurst, None wed the second, but who killed the first | Player queen. Curse me if I take a second husband because that means I killed the first. |
The lady doth protest too much methinks | Gertrude to Hamlet. I think the woman is overdoing it |
Your wisdom should show itself more richer to signify this to the doctor… would perhaps plunge him into more choler | Hamlet to Guildenstern. You should be smart enough to know to bring him to a doctor because I’ll just make him more angry |
I your commission will forthwith dispatch, And he to England shall along with you | Claudius to Guildenstern and Rosencrantz. I am sending you to England with Hamlet |
O my offense is rank, it smells to heaven… A brother’s murder | Claudius to himself. My sin stinks all the way to heaven, the curse of murdering a brother. |
That has no relish of salvation in’t… This physic but prolongs the sickly days | Hamlet to himself. When he is sinning I will kill him so he has to go to hell. He thinks he is saving himself with praying but all he is doing is staying alive a little longer |
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go | Claudius to himself. My words go to heaven but my thoughts remain on earth. If thoughts aren’t behind the words then they won’t reach god. |
Thou wretched rash intruding fool, farewell… Thou finds’t to be too busy in some danger | Hamlet to Gertrude. You’re a horrible, nasty person, goodbye. You got what you deserve. I guess you found found the issues with being nosy. |
Do not forget: this visitation, Is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose | Ghost to Hamlet. Don’t forget what you are supposed to do. I am coming to reignite your want for revenge because you aren’t too focused on it right now. |
Alas, how is’t with you… And with thi’incorporal air do hold discourse? | Gertrude to Hamlet. How are you doing, all you do is stare at nothing and talk to no one? |
Not this by any means that I bid you do: Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed | Hamlet to Gertrude. Whatever you do, don’t let the fat king seduce you |
Hamlet Act III
September 13, 2019