Quotable Quotes from Hamlet

Quotable Quotes from Hamlet

1.  "frailty, thy name is woman---" - Hamlet

2.  "to thine own self be true" - Polonius

3.  "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet

4.  "To the celestial, and my soul's idol, the most beautified Ophelia---
Doubt thou the stars are fire,
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar,
But never doubt I love.
O dear Ophelia, I am ill at these numbers. I have
not art to reckon my groans; but that I love thee best,
O most best, believe it. Adieu.
Thine evermore, most dear lady, whilst this
machine is to him, HAMLET." - in a letter written to Ophelia

5.  "I am but mad north-northwest" - Hamlet

6.  "The play's the thing
Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King." - Hamlet

7.  "Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind." - Ophelia

8.  "Madness in great ones must not unwatched go." - Claudius

9.  "Give me that man
That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him
In my heart's core." - Hamlet

10.  "are you like the painting of a sorrow,
a face without a heart?" - Claudius

11.  "Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away." - Hamlet

12.  "Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew, and dog will have his day." - Hamlet

13.  "There is 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; if it be not now, yet it will come.
The readiness is all." - Hamlet

14.  "the rest is silence" - Hamlet

15.  "Now cracks a noble heart. Goodnight, sweet Prince.
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." - Horatio

Choose 10 quotations is discuss. Identify

a)  who the speaker is addressing, 1 mark

b)  what is the context 1 mark

c)  explain the importance 2 marks

d)  Identify any figures of speech or rhetorical devices 2 marks