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"know thou a more horrid hent"
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Act 3,
Scene 3
Lines 80-92

A discussion of Hamlet's timing in Act 3, Scene 3 of myShakespeare's Hamlet. 

myShakespeare | Hamlet 3.3 “know thou a more horrid hent”

Hamlet

He took my father grossly, full of bread,     
With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May,
And how his audit stands, who knows, save heaven?    
But in our circumstance and course of thought,
'Tis heavy with him. And am I then revenged, 
To take him in the purging of his soul,
When he is fit and seasoned for his passage?    
No.
[He sheathes his sword.]
Up, sword, and know thou a more horrid hent.     
When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage,
Or in th' incestuous pleasure of his bed,
At game, swearing, or about some act
That has no relish of salvation in’t.
Video Transcript: 

SARAH: Where did Hamlet's father's account stand with God? Did he have sins on his head that could send him to hell?

RALPH: And would it constitute vengeance to then send Claudius to the afterlife when he's readied himself for heaven?

SARAH: The answer for Hamlet is a resounding 'no'.