Give every man thy | ear, but few thy voice. |
to thine own self be true,/ And it must follow […]/ | Thou canst not be false to any man. |
What is’t Ophelia | he hath said to you? |
What is between you? | Give me up the truth. |
green girl + think yourself a baby | Polonius describes Ophelia: |
Marry I’ll | teach you |
Tender yourself | more dearly |
tender | x3 |
Do not believe his vows for they are brokers,/ Not | of that dye which their investments show. |
Your bait of falsehood takes | this carp of truth. |
By indirections find | directions out |
I hold my duty as I hold my | soul,/ Both to my God and to my gracious King. |
That he’s mad ’tis true, ’tis true ’tis | pity,/ And pity ’tis ’tis true |
since brevity is the | soul of wit |
‘Lord Hamlet is a prince out | of thy star;/ This must not be.’ |
I’ll loose | my daughter to him |
[Aside] Though this be madness, | yet there is method in’t. |
I will use them | according to their desert |
I’ll be placed […] in the | ear/ Of all their conference.’ |
we + our + let’s | use of plural pronouns: associated himself with the King |
And as you said, and | wisely was it said |
Hamlet: Polonius quotes
July 24, 2019