{"product_id":"hamlet-isbn-9780553212921","title":"Hamlet","description":"One of the greatest plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the tormented young prince of Denmark continues to capture the imaginations of modern audiences worldwide. Confronted with evidence that his uncle murdered his father, and with his mother’s infidelity, Hamlet must find a means of reconciling his longing for oblivion with his duty as avenger. The ghost, Hamlet’s feigned madness, Ophelia’s death and burial, the play within a play, the “closet scene” in which Hamlet accuses his mother of complicity in murder, and breathtaking swordplay are just some of the elements that make \u003cb\u003eHamlet\u003c\/b\u003e an enduring masterpiece of the theater.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach Edition Includes:\u003cbr\u003e• Comprehensive explanatory notes \u003cbr\u003e• Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship \u003cbr\u003e• Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English\u003cbr\u003e• Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories \u003cbr\u003e• An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmographyPraise for \u003ci\u003eWilliam Shakespeare: Complete Works:\u003c\/i\u003e“A feast of literary and historical information.”  \u003ci\u003e-The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23.  The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse.  He was one of eight children born to John Shakespeare, a merchant of some standing in his community.  William probably went to the King’s New School in Stratford, but he had no university education.  In November 1582, at the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, who was pregnant with their first child, Susanna.  She was born on May 26, 1583.  Twins, a boy, Hamnet ( who would die at age eleven), and a girl, Judith, were born in 1585.  By 1592 Shakespeare had gone to London working as an actor and already known as a playwright.  A rival dramatist, Robert Greene, referred to him as “an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers.”  Shakespeare became a principal shareholder and playwright of the successful acting troupe, the Lord  Chamberlain’s Men (later under James I, called the King’s Men).  In 1599 the Lord Chamberlain’s Men built and occupied the Globe Theater in Southwark near the Thames River.  Here many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time, including Richard Burbage, Will Kempe, and Robert Armin.  In addition to his 37 plays, Shakespeare had a hand in others, including \u003ci\u003eSir Thomas More\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Two Noble Kinsmen\u003c\/i\u003e, and he wrote poems, including \u003ci\u003eVenus and Adonis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rape of Lucrece\u003c\/i\u003e. His 154 sonnets were published, probably without his authorization, in 1609.  In 1611 or 1612 he gave up his lodgings in London and devoted more and more time to retirement in Stratford, though he continued writing such plays as \u003cb\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHenry VII\u003c\/b\u003e until about 1613.  He died on April 23 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.  No collected edition of his plays was published during his life-time, but in 1623 two members of his acting company, John Heminges and Henry Condell, put together the great collection now called the First Folio.\u003cp\u003eDramatis Personae\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eghost of Hamlet, the former King of Denmark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaudius, King of Denmark, the former King's brother\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGertrude, Queen of Denmark, widow of the former King and now wife of Claudius\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHamlet, Prince of Denmark, son of the late King and of Gertrude\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolonius, councillor to the King\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaertes, his son\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOphelia, his daughter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReynaldo, his servant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoratio, Hamlet's friend and fellow student\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVoltimand,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCornelius,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosencrantz,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuildenstern,         members of the Danish court\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOsric,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea gentleman,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea lord,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernardo,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancisco,                officers and soldiers on watch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcellus, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFortinbras, Prince of Norway\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecaptain in his army\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree or Four players, taking the roles of  prologue, player king, player queen, and Lucianus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo messengers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst sailor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo clowns, a gravedigger and his companion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epriest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst ambassador from England\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLords, Soldiers, Attendants, Guards, other Players, Followers of Laertes, other Sailors, another Ambassador or Ambassadors from England\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003escene: Denmark]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFRANCISCO, officers and soldiers on watch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARCELLUS,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFORTINBRAS, Prince of Norway\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCAPTAIN in His army\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree or Four PLAYERS, taking the roles of PROLOGUE, PLAYER KING, PLAYER QUEEN, and LUCIANUS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo MESSENGERS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIRST SAILOR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo CLOWNS, a gravedigger and his companion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRIEST\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIRST AMBASSADOR from England\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLords, Soldiers, Attendants, Guards, other Players, Followers of Laertes, other Sailors, another Ambassador or Ambassadors from England\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSCENE: Denmark]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.1 Location: Elsinore castle. A guard platform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 me (Francisco emphasizes that he is the sentry currently on watch.) unfold yourself reveal your identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 rivals partners\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 ground country land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 liegemen to the Dane men sworn to serve the Danish king.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 Give May God give\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO Who's there?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFRANCISCO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself. 2 BERNARDO Long live the King!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFRANCISCO Bernardo?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO He.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFRANCISCO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou come most carefully upon your hour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Tis now struck twelve. Get thee to bed, Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFRANCISCO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor this relief much thanks. 'Tis bitter cold,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd I am sick at heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO Have you had quiet guard? FRANCISCO Not a mouse stirring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO Well, good night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you do meet Horatio and Marcellus,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rivals of my watch, bid them make haste. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Horatio and Marcellus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFRANCISCO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI think I hear them--Stand, ho! Who is there?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORATIO Friends to this ground. 16\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARCELLUS And liegemen to the Dane. 17\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFRANCISCO Give you good night. 18\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARCELLUS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh, farewell, honest soldier. Who hath relieved you?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27 fantasy imagination\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e30 along to come along\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31 watch keep watch during\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e33 approve corroborate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e39 Last... all i.e., This very last night. (Emphatic.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e40 pole polestar, north star\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e41 his its. t'illuine to illuminate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFRANCISCO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernardo hath my place. Give you good night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExit Francisco.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARCELLUS Holla! Bernardo! BERNARDO Say, what, is Horatio there?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORATIO A piece of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome, Horatio. Welcome, good Marcellus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORATIO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat, has this thing appeared again tonight?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO I have seen nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARCELLUS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoratio says 'tis but our fantasy, 27\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd will not let belief take hold of him\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTouching this dreaded sight twice seen of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTherefore I have entreated him along 30\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith us to watch the minutes of this night, 31\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat if again this apparition come\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe may approve our eyes and speak to it. 33\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORATIO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTush, tush, 'twill not appear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO Sit down awhile And let us once again assail your ears, That are so fortified against our story, What we have two nights seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORATIO Well, sit we down, And let us hear Bernardo speak of this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO Last night of all, 39\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen yond same star that's westward from the pole 40\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHad made his course t'illume that part of heaven 41\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere now it burns, Marcellus and myself,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bell then beating one-- Enter Ghost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e46 scholar one learned enough to know how to question a ghost properly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e47 'ahe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e49 It... to (It was commonly believed that a ghost could\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enot speak until spoken to.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e50 usurp'st wrongfully takes over\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e52 buried Denmark the buried King of Denmark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e53 sometimes formerly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e59 on't of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e61 sensible confirmed by the senses. avouch warrant,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eevidence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARCELLUS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeace, break thee off! Look where it comes again!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the same figure like the King that's dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARCELLUS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThou art a scholar. Speak to it, Horatio. 46\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooks 'a not like the King? Mark it, Horatio. 47\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORATIO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost like. It harrows me with fear and wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt would be spoke to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARCELLUS Speak to it, Horatio. 49 HORATIO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat art thou that usurp'st this time of night, 50\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether with that fair and warlike form\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn which the majesty of buried Denmark 52\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid sometimes march? By heaven, I charge thee, speak! 53 MARCELLUS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is offended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO See, it stalks away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORATIO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStay! Speak, speak! I charge thee, speak! Exit Ghost. MARCELLUS 'Tis gone and will not answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow now, Horatio? You tremble and look pale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs not this something more than fantasy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat think you on't?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORATIO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore my God, I might not this believe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithout the sensible and true avouch 61\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf mine own eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARCELLUS Is it not like the King?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e65 Norway King of Norway\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e66 parle parley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e67 sledded traveling on sleds. Polacks Poles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e69 jump exactly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e70 stalk stride\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e71 to work i.e., to collect my thoughts and try to understand this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e72 gross and scope general drift\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e74 Good now (An expression denoting entreaty or expostulation.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e76 toils causes to toil. subject subjects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e77 cast casting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e78 mart shopping\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e79 impress impressment, conscription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e81 toward in preparation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e87 Thereto... pride (Refers to old Fortinbras, not the Danish King.) pricked on incited. emulate emubus, ambitious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e89 this ... world i.e., all Europe, the Western world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e90 sealed certified, confirmed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e91 heraldry chivalry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e93 seized possessed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORATIO As thou art to thyself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuch was the very armor he had on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he the ambitious Norway combated. 65\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo frowned he once when, in an angry parle, 66\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe smote the sledded Polacks on the ice. 67\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Tis strange.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARCELLUS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus twice before, and jump at this dead hour, 69 With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch. 70\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORATIO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn what particular thought to work I know not, 71\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in the gross and scope of mine opinion 72\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis bodes some strange eruption to our state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARCELLUS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGood now, sit down, and tell me, he that knows, 74\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy this same strict and most observant watch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo nightly toils the subject of the land, 76\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd why such daily cast of brazen cannon 77\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd foreign mart for implements of war, 78\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy such impress of shipwrights, whose sore task 79\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoes not divide the Sunday from the week.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat might be toward, that this sweaty haste 81\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoth make the night joint-laborer with the day?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho is't that can inform me? HORATIO That can I;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt least, the whisper goes so. Our last king,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhose image even but now appeared to us,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThereto pricked on by a most emulate pride, 87\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDared to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet-For so this side of our known world esteemed him-- 89\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid slay this Fortinbras; who by a sealed compact 90\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell ratified by law and heraldry 91\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid forfeit, with his life, all those his lands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich he stood seized of, to the conqueror; 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e94 Against the in return for. moiety competent corresponding portion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e95 gaged engaged, pledged. had returned would have passed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e96 inheritance possession\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e97 cov'nant i.e., the sealed compact of line 90\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e98 carriage... designed purport of the artide referred to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e100 unimproved mettle untried, undisciplined spirits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e101 skirts outlying regions, outskirts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e102--4 Sharked... in't rounded up (as a shark scoops up fish) a troop of lawless desperadoes to feed and supply an enterprise of considerable daring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e110 head source\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e111 posthaste and rummage frenetic activity and bustle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e113 Well.., sort That would explain why\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e115 question focus of contention\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e116 mote speck of dust\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e117 paliny flourishing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e118 Julius Julius Caesar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e119 sheeted shrouded\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e121 As (This abrupt transition suggests that matter is possibly omitted between lines 120 and 121.) trains trails\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e122 Disasters unfavorable signs or aspects. moist star i.e., moon, governing tides\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e123 Neptune's ... stands the sea depends\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e124 Was ... eclipse was eclipsed nearly to the cosmic darkness predicted for the second coming of Christ and the ending of the world. (See Matthew 24:29 and Revelation 6:12.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e125 precurse heralding, foreshadowing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e126 harbingers forerunners. still always\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst the which a moiety competent 94\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas gaged by our king, which had returned 95\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo the inheritance of Fortinbras 96\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHad he been vanquisher, as, by the same cov'nant 97\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd carriage of the article designed, 98\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis fell to Hamlet. Now, sir, young Fortinbras,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf unimproved mettle hot and full, 100\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHath in the skirts of Norway here and there ioi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharked up a list of lawless resolutes i02\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor food and diet to some enterprise 103\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat hath a stomach in't, which is no other-- 104\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs it doth well appear unto our state-But to recover of us, by strong hand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo by his father lost. And this, I take it,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs the main motive of our preparations,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe source of this our watch, and the chief head I 10\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf this posthaste and rummage in the land. iii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI think it be no other but e'en so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell may it sort that this portentous figure 113\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComes armed through our watch so like the King\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat was and is the question of these wars. 115\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORATIO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mote it is to trouble the mind's eye. 116\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the most high and palmy state of Rome, I 17\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA little ere the mightiest Julius fell, I 18\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead 119\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid squeak and gibber in the Roman streets;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs stars with trains of fire and dews of blood, 121\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisasters in the sun; and the moist star 122\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon whose influence Neptune's empire stands 123\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas sick almost to doomsday with eclipse. 124\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd even the like precurse of feared events, 125\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs harbingers preceding still the fates 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e127 omen calamitous event\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e129 climatures dimes, regions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e130 soft i.e., enough, break off\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e131 cross stand in its path, confront. blast wither, strike\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith a curse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e131 s.d. his its\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e137 privy to in on the secret of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e138 happily haply perchance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e144 partisan long-handled spear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e146--7 'Tis here! \/ 'Tis here! (Perhaps they attempt to strike at the Ghost, but are baffled by its seeming ability to be here and there and nowhere.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd prologue to the omen coming on, 127\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave heaven and earth together demonstrated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnto our climatures and countrymen. 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Ghost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut soft, behold! Lo, where it comes again! 130\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'll cross it, though it blast me. (It spreads his arms.) Stay,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eillusion! 131\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf thou hast any sound or use of voice,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpeak to me!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf there be any good thing to be done\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat may to thee do ease and grace to me,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpeak to me!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf thou art privy to thy country's fate, 137\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich, happily, foreknowing may avoid, 138\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh, speak!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr if thou hast uphoarded in thy life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtorted treasure in the womb of earth,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor which, they say, you spirits oft walk in death,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpeak of it! (The cock crows.) Stay and speak!-Stop it, Marcellus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARCELLUS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShall I strike at it with my partisan? 144\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORATIO Do, if it will not stand. [They strike at it.]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO 'Tis here! 146\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORATIO 'Tis here! [Exit Ghost.] 147\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARCELLUs 'Tis gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe do it wrong, being so majestical,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo offer it the show of violence,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor it is as the air invulnerable,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd our vain blows malicious mockery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARDO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was about to speak when the cock crew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e156 trumpet trumpeter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e160 extravagant and erring wandering beyond bounds. (The words have similar meaning.) hies hastens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e162 probation proof\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e164 'gainst just before\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e168 strike destroy by evil influence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e169 takes bewitches. charm cast a spell, control by enchantment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e170 gracious full of grace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e172 russet reddish brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORATIO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then it started like a guilty thing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon a fearful summons. I have heard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cock, that is the trumpet to the morn, 156\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwake the god of day, and at his warning,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether in sea or fire, in earth or air,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTh'extravagant and erring spirit hies 160\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo his confine; and of the truth herein\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis present object made probation. i 62\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARCELLUS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt faded on the crowing of the cock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome say that ever 'gainst that season comes 164\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWherein our Savior's birth is celebrated,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis bird of dawning singeth all night long,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nights are wholesome, then no planets strike, 168\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, 169\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo hallowed and so gracious is that time. 170\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORATIO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo have I heard and do in part believe it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, look, the morn in russet mantle clad 172\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreak we our watch up, and by my advice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet us impart what we have seen tonight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnto young Hamlet; for upon my life,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo you consent we shall acquaint him with it,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs needful in our loves, fitting our duty?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARCELLUS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet's do't, I pray, and I this morning know\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere we shall find him most conveniently.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExeunt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.2 Location: The castle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.2 as i.e., such as, induding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.3 cum aijis with others\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 our my (The royal \"we\"; also in the following lines.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 sometime former\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 jointress woman possessing property with her husband\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 With.., eye with one eye smiling and the other weeping\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 dole grief\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 Now... know Next, you need to be informed that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 weak supposal low estimate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20 disjoint... frame in a state of total disorder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21 Co-leagued... advantage joined to his illusory sense of having the advantage over us and to his vision of future success\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23 Importing having for its substance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 ..... .law (See 1.1.91, \"Well ratified by law and heraldry\")\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[1.2] Flourish. Enter Claudius, King of Denmark, Gertrude the Queen, [the] Council, as Polonius and his son Laertes, Hamlet, cum aliis [including Voltimand and Cornelius].\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe memory be green, and that it us befitted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo bear our hearts in grief and our whole kingdom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo be contracted in one brow of woe,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet so far hath discretion fought with nature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat we with wisest sorrow think on him\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether with remembrance of ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTherefore our sometime sister, now our queen, 8\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThimperial jointress to this warlike state, 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave we, as 'twere with a defeated joy-- With an auspicious and a dropping eye, ii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn equal scale weighing delight and dole- 13 Taken to wife. Nor have we herein barred\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour better wisdoms, which have freely gone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this affair along. For all, our thanks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow follows that you know young Fortinbras, 17\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolding a weak supposal of our worth, 18\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr thinking by our late dear brother's death\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur state to be disjoint and out of frame, 20\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCo-leagued with this dream of his advantage, 21\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe hath not failed to pester us with message\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImporting the surrender of those lands 23\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLost by his father, with all bonds of law, 24\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo our most valiant brother. So much for him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow for ourself and for this time of meeting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus much the business is: we have here writ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Norway, uncle of young Fortinbras-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29 impotent helpless\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31 His i.e., Fortinbras'. gait proceeding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31--3 in that.., subject since the levying of troops and supplies is drawn entirely from the King of Norway's own subjects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e38 dilated set out at length\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e39 let... duty let your swift obeying of orders, rather than mere words, express your dutifulness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e41 nothing not at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e44 the Dane the Danish king\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e45 lose your voice waste your speech.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e47 native dosely connected, related\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e48 instrumental serviceable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e51 leave and favor kind permission\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e56 bow... pardon entreatingly make a deep bow, asking your permission to depart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bantam Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303516852453,"sku":"NP9780553212921","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780553212921.jpg?v=1767728638","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/hamlet-isbn-9780553212921","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}