| O come away! My soul is full of discord and dismay. | King Claudius to Gertrude |
| A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of a worm. | Hamlet to Claudius |
| Do it, England! | Claudius wants Hamlet to die in England |
| Witness this army of such mass and charge led by a delicate and tender prince.Soliloquy #5 | Hamlet has just talked to Fortinbras’s captain and realizes that Fortinbras goes to fight when he has no reason while he refuses to fight when he has a reason . Decides to definitely kill Claudius. |
| To my sick soul (as sin’s true nature is) Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. | Gertrude to herself, foreshadowing that something bad is going to happen (right after Horatio tells her something is wrong with Ophelia) |
| I hope all will be well. We must be aptient, but I cannot choose but weep to think they would lay him in the cold ground. My brother shall know of it; and so I thank you for your good counsel. Come, my coach! Good night ladies. Good night sweet ladies. Good night, good night! | Ophelia to people, she is going crazy |
| Let this be so. His means of death, his obscure funeral, no trophy, sword, nor hatchment o’er his bones, no noble rite nor formal ostentaion – cry to be heard, as ’twere from heaven to earth, that i must call’t in question. | Laertes to the King, he is upset about his father’s unnecessary death |
| So you shall; and where the offense is let the great axe fall. | Claudius to Laertes about plotting to kill Hamlet, Hamlet will pay for killing Polonius |
| To cut is throat i’ the church! | Laertes to King Claudius, they will kill Hamlet |
| Now get you to my lady’s chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favor she must come. | Hamlet to Horatio (after talking to the gravediggers) |
| Sweets to the sweet! Farewell. | Gertrude to Ophelia’s corpse |
| Let Hercules do what he may, the cat will mew, and dog will have his day. | Hamlet to erebody (Laertes, queen, horatio, king) What will be will be, Hamlet has turned to fate |
| Our indiscretion sometime serve us well when our deep plots do pall; and that should learn us. | Hamlet to Horatio, Hamlet now believes in fate |
| There’s a divinity that shapes our ends rough hew them how we will | Hamlet to Horatio |
| Without debatement further, more or less, he should bearers put to sudden death not shriving time allowed. | This is what Hamlet changed in the letter that got Guildenstern and Rosencrantz killed |
| Does it not htinkst thee stand me now upon– he that hath killed my king, and whored my mother, popped in between the election and my hopes. | Hamlet and Horatio, first time we see that Hamlet may have wanted to be king |
| There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow if it be now, ’tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now…the readiness is all. | Hamlet to Horatio, must be prepared for anything |
| The King, the King’s to blame. | Laertes to everybody after Gertrude has been poisoned |
| If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, absent thee from felicity awhile, and in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain to tell my story. | Hamlet to Horatio before Hamlet dies |
| Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince. And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. | Horatio to dead Hamlet |
| For he was likely, had he been put on, to have proved most royally; and for his passage the soldiers’ music and the rites of war speak loudly for him. | Fortinbras to Horatio |
Hamlet Quotes, Act 4 & 5
September 8, 2019