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... Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are commissioned to uncover the problem, but they get no further. 'He does confess he feels himself distracted, | But from what cause 'a will by no means speak' (III.1.5–6). Hamlet is irritated by the ...
... Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are commissioned to uncover the problem, but they get no further. 'He does confess he feels himself distracted, | But from what cause 'a will by no means speak' (III.1.5–6). Hamlet is irritated by the ...
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... Rosencrantz denies that Denmark is a prison; Hamlet replies, 'Why, then 'tis none to you. For there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so' (II.2.248–9). He values Horatio because he has achieved a stoic calm: For thou ...
... Rosencrantz denies that Denmark is a prison; Hamlet replies, 'Why, then 'tis none to you. For there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so' (II.2.248–9). He values Horatio because he has achieved a stoic calm: For thou ...
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... Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths, it exhilarates him; but ultimately it does not command his respect. In this view Hamlet's 'delay' is philosophical, not personal; the universe is not worth his collaboration. It may seem ...
... Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths, it exhilarates him; but ultimately it does not command his respect. In this view Hamlet's 'delay' is philosophical, not personal; the universe is not worth his collaboration. It may seem ...
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... he briefs Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: Something have you heard Of Hamlet's transformation – so call it, Sith nor th'exterior nor the inward man Resembles that it was. (II.2.4–7) Guildenstern, reporting back, recognizes that.
... he briefs Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: Something have you heard Of Hamlet's transformation – so call it, Sith nor th'exterior nor the inward man Resembles that it was. (II.2.4–7) Guildenstern, reporting back, recognizes that.
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... Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and the Queen are all deployed to spy on Hamlet; Polonius recruits Reynaldo to watch Laertes, and Laertes plots with the King. When Ophelia calls Hamlet 'Th'observed of all observers' (III.1.155) she means ...
... Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and the Queen are all deployed to spy on Hamlet; Polonius recruits Reynaldo to watch Laertes, and Laertes plots with the King. When Ophelia calls Hamlet 'Th'observed of all observers' (III.1.155) she means ...
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