| “I’ll have prepared him a chalice for the nonce” | Claudius is eager to kill Hamlet |
| “Revenge should have no bounds” | Claudius sees vengeance as a neccesary |
| “I will work him to an exploit” | Claudius is willing to kill his own nephew |
| “The queen his mother lives almost by his looks” | Claudius deems Gertrude to be the main follower of Hamlet |
| “And where the offence is, let the great axe fall” | Claudius advises Laertes to kill Hamlet |
| “When sorrows come, they come not in single spies, but in battalions” | Claudius talks about how trouble comes in multiples |
| “O, from this time forth, my thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth” | Hamlet has changed and is willing to react and kill his father |
| “One part wisdom and ever three parts coward” | Hamlet admits his flaws |
| “For like the hectic in my blood he rages, and thou must cure me” | Claudius describes Hamlet like a disease |
| “How dangerous is it that this man gets loose” | Claudius feels threatened by Hamlet |
| “His liberty is full of threats to all” | Claudius is scared of Hamlet |
| “I must be cruel only to be kind. This bad begins, and worse remains behind” | Hamlet tells us that there is worse to come than just the killing of Polonius |
| “Marriage vows as false as dicer’s oaths” | Hamlet accuses Gertrudes marriage with Claudius as being fake |
| “Almost as bad, good mother, as kill a king, and marry with his brother” | Hamlet informs his mother that Claudius is responsible for the killing of Old Hamlet |
Hamlet – Key Quotes: ACT 4
July 12, 2019