Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
Hamlet: Words, words, words.
Lord Polonius: What is the matter, my lord?
Hamlet: Between who?
Lord Polonius: I mean, the matter that you read, my lord.
Tags: shakespeare literature hamlet
We know what we are, but not what we may be.
William ShakespeareTags: identity hamlet possibilities
Sorry," [Hamlet] said, rubbing his temples. "I don't know what came over me. All of a sudden I had this overwhelming desire to talk for a very long time without actually doing anything.
Jasper FfordeTags: hamlet indecision monologues parody soliloquies
The Play's the Thing, wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King.
William ShakespeareTags: shakespeare theater hamlet play act-2 scene-2
To die, to sleep -
To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub,
For in this sleep of death what dreams may come...
Tags: shakespeare afterlife hamlet death-and-dying
This goodly frame, 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, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. 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?
William ShakespeareTags: shakespeare hamlet william-shakespeare piece-of-work quintessence-of-dust soliloquy
It was one of those cases where you approve the broad, general principle of an idea but can't help being in a bit of a twitter at the prospect of putting it into practical effect. I explained this to Jeeves, and he said much the same thing had bothered Hamlet.
P.G. WodehouseTags: humor doubt shakespeare hesitation hamlet jeeves
To each our own Hamlet.
Jasper FfordeTags: hamlet
There's something rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet says...it's payback time!
Jasper FfordeI know that David Tennant's Hamlet isn't till July. And lots of people are going to be doing Dr Who in Hamlet jokes, so this is just me getting it out of the way early, to avoid the rush...
"To be, or not to be, that is the question. Weeelll.... More of A question really. Not THE question. Because, well, I mean, there are billions and billions of questions out there, and well, when I say billions, I mean, when you add in the answers, not just the questions, weeelll, you're looking at numbers that are positively astronomical and... for that matter the other question is what you lot are doing on this planet in the first place, and er, did anyone try just pushing this little red button?
Tags: humor shakespeare hamlet doctor-who david-tennant to-be-or-not-to-be
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