Claudius to Hamlet: great minds are dangerous when they go mad | “Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.” |
Hamlet to Horatio: Hamlet cares about Horatio so much because he is not the kind of person that is controlled by emotions | “Give me that man that is not passion’s slave, and I will wear him in my heart’s core, ay in my heart of heart, as I do thee.” |
Claudius: he wants the play to stop, he is secretly feeling guilty for murdering King Hamlet | “Give me some light. Away!” |
Hamlet to Horatio: Hamlet trusts the ghosts’ word now because of Claudius’ reaction | “I’ll take the ghosts’ word for a thousand pound.” |
Hamlet to R&G: Hamlet says he is wasting his time waiting for his chance to be King | “…While the grass grows, (the starving horse dies.)” |
Hamlet to R&G: Hamlet asks how they expect him to open up to them when they can’t even play a recorder (metaphor) | “Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me.” |
Hamlet: he will verbally abuse Gertrude, and will try his hardest not to physically abuse her | “I will speak daggers to her but use none.” |
Claudius (praying): he wants to be forgiven, but knows he will not be since he is not sincere in his prayers. He feels guilty for his actions, but he enjoy his life. | “My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go.” |
Hamlet to Gertrude: he has to do bad things to end the bad things currently going on | “I must be cruel only to be kind; Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.” |
Hamlet to Gertrude: he trust R&G as much as he trusts a venomous snake | “…my two school fellows, whom I will trust as I will adders fangs.” |
Hamlet to Gertrude: it is ironic how Polonius used to talk so much and now he is completely silent | “Indeed, this counselor is now most still, most secret, and most grave who was in life a foolish prating knave.” |
Hamlet: death is like a country that no one returns from | “The undiscovered country, from whose bourn no travelers return.” |
Hamlet to R&G: he could have no possessions and feel like he had everything if he wasn’t having bad dreams | “I would be bound in a nut shell, and count myself a king of the infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.” |
Hamlet to Gertrude: about R&G and how their own plan is what backfired and got them killed instead of Hamlet | “An engineer hoist by his own petard.” |
Hamlet Act III Quotes
July 31, 2019