| WHO IS HAVING THE CONVERSATION”That father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound 90In filial obligation for some termTo do obsequious sorrow: but to perseverIn obstinate condolement is a courseOf impious stubbornness; ’tis unmanly grief;It shows a will most incorrect to heaven,A heart unfortified, a mind impatient,An understanding simple and unschool’d” | KING CLAUDIUS TO HAMLET |
| WHEN DOES IT HAPPENThat father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound 90In filial obligation for some termTo do obsequious sorrow: but to perseverIn obstinate condolement is a courseOf impious stubbornness; ’tis unmanly grief;It shows a will most incorrect to heaven,A heart unfortified, a mind impatient,An understanding simple and unschool’d: | WHEN CLAUDIUS CONFRONT HAMLET ON HIS MOURNING OF OLD KING HAMLET |
| SUMMARIZE THE MEANINGThat father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound 90In filial obligation for some termTo do obsequious sorrow: but to perseverIn obstinate condolement is a courseOf impious stubbornness; ’tis unmanly grief;It shows a will most incorrect to heaven,A heart unfortified, a mind impatient,An understanding simple and unschool’d: | CLAUDIUS THINKS ITS KIND OF HAMLET TO MOURN HIS FATHER, BUT HE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT DEATH IS A PART OF LIFE AND DRAGGING IT ON THIS LONG IS WOMAN-LIKE |
| SIGNIFICANCE TO THE PLAYThat father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound 90In filial obligation for some termTo do obsequious sorrow: but to perseverIn obstinate condolement is a courseOf impious stubbornness; ’tis unmanly grief;It shows a will most incorrect to heaven,A heart unfortified, a mind impatient,An understanding simple and unschool’d: | THIS SHOWS HOW LITTLE KING CLAUDIUS CARED ABOUT OLD KING HAMLET BUT HE STILL WANTS TO BE A FATHER FIGURE FOR HAMLET |
| WHO IS HAVING THE CONVERSATIONO, that this too too solid flesh would meltThaw and resolve itself into a dew! 130Or that the Everlasting had not fix’dHis canon ‘gainst self-slaughter! O God! God!How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,Seem to me all the uses of this world! | HAMLET TO THE AUDIENCE |
| WHEN IT HAPPENEDO, that this too too solid flesh would meltThaw and resolve itself into a dew! 130Or that the Everlasting had not fix’dHis canon ‘gainst self-slaughter! O God! God!How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,Seem to me all the uses of this world! | AFTER HAMLET IS GIVEN THE CHOICE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL OR BE HAPPY |
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Hamlet Act 1 Quote Analysis
August 22, 2019