Hamlets anger after marriage of Claudius and Gertrude | “That it should come to this” |
Hamlet insult towards mother and lack of mourning | “Frailty, thy name is woman” |
Dangerous it is to loan money and to use others | “Neither a borrower nor a lender be; for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry” |
Polonius telling his son to be himself | “This above all: to thine own self be true” |
Referencing how something is evil and vile in Denmark, foreshadowing | “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” |
Knowledge to hamlets intelligence | “Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t” |
The conundrum of suicide, | “To be or not to be: that is the question” |
Irony that Gertrude doesn’t recognise reference between play queen and her | “The lady doth protest too much, methinks” |
Hamlet cliff notes top 8 quotes
July 26, 2019