Hamlet Quotes

Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”A little more than kin and less than kind” Hamlet, soliloqy, Claudius is his uncle and now his father, but Hamlet doesn’t think highly of him
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”O, that this too too solid flesh would melt” Hamlet, soliloquy, Suicide
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”seeming” Hamlet, GertrudeExplains that Hamlet doesn’t seem depressed he is depressed.
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”Frailty, thy name is woman” Hamlet, soliloqy About Gertrude, she is weak because she married right after her husband died.
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”To thine own self be true” Polonius, Laertes, He is preparing for laertes departure. Telling him to be cautious of various things and to stay true to himself.
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” marcellus, horatio, the chain of being is disturbed
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”The serpent that did sting thy father now wears his crown.” Ghost, HamletClaudius is the one who killed King Hamlet
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosphy.” Hamlet, Horatio, Horatio doesn’t have many philisophical views (due to his surprise of the ghost)
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”And thus do we… by indirections find directions out.” Polonius, Reynaldospy on Laertes and find things out that way
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”Brevity is the soul of wit.” Polonius, Gertrudeto be brief is to be intelligent
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”The play’s the thing.” Hamlet, soliloqy He will catch the king with a play to see if he is guilty
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”though this madness, yet there’s method in it.” Polonius, asideeven though Hamlet is “insane” his intelligence shows through
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” Hamlet, Rosencranz and GuildensternThinking is what determines what is bad and good
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”What a piece of work is man, how noble in reason how infinite in faculty.” Hamlet, Rosencranz and GuildensternHow hard it is to deal with humans with their infinite intelligence
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”O, what a rouge and peasant slave am I” Hamlet, asidehe has much self hatred at the fact that he has shown little emotion for his father dying
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”To be or not to be” Hamlet, soliloqyTo live or to kill one’s self
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”To the noble mind, rich wax poor when givers prove unkind.” Ophelia, Hamlethis gifts do not mean much anymore, she thinks he doesn’t mean them
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”Get thee to a nunnery.” Hamlet,OpheliaNo one will have a child with her; she is a prostitute,(sold herslef out)
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.” Claudius, PoloniusA leader has muuch power and being crazy is dangerous to many people
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”Give me that man, that’s not passion’s slave” Hamlet, Horatiofind a man that is not moved by passion (Horatio)
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”the lady doth protest too much methinks” Gertrude, Hamlet,the actress in the play was over reacting and that she meant the opposite of what she said
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”Why look you now how unworty a thing you make of me! You would play upon mel you would seem to know my stops; you would pluck ot the heart of mystery…” Hamlet, R and Gthey are making fun of him and look down on him
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”I will speak daggers but use none” Hamlet, asidehe won’t hurt his mother
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”My words fly up, my thoughts remain below” Claudius, asidehe doesn’t mean his prayers that beg for forgiveness
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”Oh, what a rash and bloody deed is this” Gertrude, Hamlet(Hamlet killed polonius) Hamlet did not think when doing so
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”i must be cruel only to be kind” Hamlet, Gertrudereaction to killing polonius, he said the truth to her about Claudius
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”Let it work; for tis the sport to have the engineer hoise with his own petar and t shall go hard…” Hamlet, asideabout the plan backfire on R and G
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”He’s loved of the distracted multitude who like not in their judgemen, but their eyes.” Claudius, asideHamlet is loved by the people of Denmark and he can’t execute him
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”From this time forth my thoughts be bloddy or be nothing worth” Hamlet, soliloqyHe will actually start getting revenge now
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”No place indeed should murder sanctuarize Revenge should have no bounds” Claudius, Laertesrevenge has no boundaries
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”Alas poor Yorick! I knew him Horatio.” Hamlet, Horatioskull in the graveyard was Hamlet’s court jester
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”Sweets to the sweet” Gertrude, ophelias gravespreads flowers on ophelias grave
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”There’s a divinity that shapes our ends … rough-hew them how we will” Hamlet, Horatio, God controls everything,
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”The readiness is all” Hamlet, asideabout seizing the day and being ready to die whenever
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”Report me and my cause aright to the unstisfied” Hamlet, Horatio,tell everyone the true story of how we all died
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”Now cracks a noble heart. Good night sweet prince. And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” Horatio, Hamlet’s dead bodymay angels bring him to God (sorrowful)
Quotes: Who said it? To whom? About?”For he was likely, had he been put on, to have proved most royal” Fortinbras, Horatio,Hamlet would’ve been a great kind if he had a chance to prove it
July 30, 2019