| “He raised a sigh so piteous and profound as it did seem to shatter all his bulk and end his being” | Ophelia to Polonius about Hamlet |
| “More grief to hide than the to utter love” | Polonius to Ophelia about Hamlet |
| “Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love” | Polonius reading a letter from Hamlet to Ophelia |
| “Though this be madness, yet there is a method in’t-“ | Polonius about Hamlet |
| “You cannot, sir, take from me anything that I will more willingly part withal-except my life, except my life, except my life.” | Hamlet |
| “the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air—look you, this brave o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire” | Hamlet |
| “What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world. The paragon of animals. And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?” | Hamlet |
| “I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw” | Hamlet |
Hamlet Act 2 Quotes
July 11, 2019