| It had been so with us had we been there | King to QueenTold her hamlet killed polonius Theme: Poison and corruption killed while spying |
| Compounded it with dust, whereto ‘tips kin | Hamlet to RosencrantzWont say where the body is Theme: natural order and disorder, back to dust |
| It is but squeezing you and, sponge, you shall be dry again | Hamlet to Rosencrantz Explaining what he thinks of them Theme: loyalty because they betrayed hamlet |
| Not where he eats, but where ‘a is eaten | Hamlet to king Talking about where polonius’ body is Theme: natural order and disorder you die and go back to earth |
| If your messenger/find him not there, seek him I’ th’ other place yourself | Hamlet to king Telling him to go to hell Theme: revenge gets to say mean things to the king |
| Do it, England,/for like the hectic in my blood he rages and thou must cute me | King to self Sending hamlet to england kill him Theme: posion and corruption because hes sending him to be killed |
| How all occasions do inform against me/and spur my full revenge | Hamlet to selfAngry at himself for not being able to take action Theme: revenge, time for him to take down the king |
| O from this time forth/ my thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth | Hamlet to selfGetting himself fired up to kill the king Theme: destiny, its what hes supposed to be doing |
| Young men will do it if they come to it/ by cock they are to blame | Ophelia to all Singing and behaving crazy Theme: madness and sanity |
| When sorrows come, they come not single spies/but in battalions | King to queen When bad things happen more happen (when it rains it poors) theme: military language |
| Poor Ophelia/ divided from herself and her fair judgment/ without the which we are pictures or mere beasts | King to queen Talking about ophelia Theme: madness and sanity, without ration we are beasts |
| That drop of blood that’s calm proclaims me bastard, cries cuckold to my father | Laertes to king and queen |
Hamlet act 4
August 6, 2019