Hamlet the body. The king is a thing ... Guildenstern A thing, my lord? Hamlet Of nothing. Bring me to him. Hide fox, and all after! [Exit.] Read more about Act 4, Scene 2: Popup Note Index Item: Cultural Allusion
Hamlet the body. The king is a thing ... Guildenstern A thing, my lord? Hamlet Of nothing. Bring me to him. Hide fox, and all after! [Exit.] Read more about Act 4, Scene 2: Popup Note Index Item: Biblical Allusion
Hamlet The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body. The king is a thing ... Read more about Act 4, Scene 2: Popup Note Index Item: "Body"
Hamlet I am glad of it. A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear. Read more about Act 4, Scene 2: Popup Note Index Item: "Fools don't understand when they are the butt of a clever sarcastic joke"
Gertrude O'er whom his very madness, like some ore Among a mineral of metals base, Shows itself pure. He weeps for what is done. Read more about Act 4, Scene 1: Popup Note Index Item: Metaphor
Claudius You must translate; 'tis fit we understand them. Where is your son? Gertrude Ah, my good lord, what have I seen tonight! Claudius What, Gertrude? How does Hamlet? Gertrude Mad as the sea and wind when both contend Which is the mightier. In his lawless fit, Read more about Act 4, Scene 1: Popup Note Index Item: "fit"
Hamlet No, in despite of sense and secrecy, Unpeg the basket on the house's top, Let the birds fly, and like the famous ape, To try conclusions in the basket creep And break your own neck down. Read more about Act 3, Scene 4: Popup Note Index Item: "the famous ape"
