Hamlet Act 2 Quotes

The Play's the Thing, wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King.

O God, I could be bounded in a nut shell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams. —Hamlet, act 2, scene 2

Тъпча се с въздух, пълен с обещания.

O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space – were it not that I have bad dreams. Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2.

Реч на хитър дух дреме в глупав слух.

Честолюбецът е човек, чиято същина е само сянката от един сън.

Просяците са хора от плът и кръв, а пък монарсите и прославените герои - само техни разтегнати сенки.

And let me speak to th’ yet unknowing world        How these things came about. So shall you hear        Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts;        Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters;        Of deaths put on by cunning and forc’d cause;        And, in this upshot, purposes mistook        Fall’n on th’ inventors’ heads—all this can I        Truly deliver. (5.2.371-78) The

This isn’t a new idea. Nearly two thousand years ago the Greek philosopher, Epictctus, stated that people are disturbed “not by things, but by the views we take of them.” In the Book of Proverbs (23: 7) in the Old Testament you can find this passage: “For as he thinks within himself, so he is.” And even Shakespeare expressed a similar idea when he said: “for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” (Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2).

Whoreson dog,” “whoreson peasant,” “slave,” “you cur,” “rogue,” “rascal,” “dunghill,” “crack-hemp,” and “notorious villain” — these are a few of the epithets with which the plays abound. The Duke of York accosts Thomas Horner, an armorer, as “base dunghill villain and mechanical” (Henry VI., Part 2, Act 2, Sc. 3); Gloucester speaks of the warders of the Tower as “dunghill grooms” (Ib., Part 1, Act 1, Sc. 3), and Hamlet of the grave-digger as an “ass” and “rude knave.” Valentine tells his servant, Speed, that he is born to be hanged (Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act 1, Sc. 1), and Gonzalo pays a like compliment to the boatswain who is doing his best to save the ship in the “Tempest” (Act 1, Sc. 1). This boatswain is not sufficiently impressed by the grandeur of his noble cargo, and for his pains is called a “brawling, blasphemous, uncharitable dog,” a “cur,” a “whoreson, insolent noise-maker,” and a “wide-chapped rascal.

Shakespeare had Polonius truly say, "The apparel oft proclaims the man." (Hamlet, act 1, sc. 3). We are affected by our own outward appearances; we tend to fill roles. If we are in our Sunday best, we have little inclination for roughhousing; if we dress for work, we are drawn to work; if we dress immodestly, we are tempted to act immodestly; if we dress like the opposite sex, we tend to lose our sexual identity or some of the characteristics that distinguish the eternal mission of our sex. Now I hope not to be misunderstood: I am not saying that we should judge one another by appearance, for that would be folly and worse; I am saying that there is a relationship between how we dress and groom ourselves and how we are inclined to feel and act. By seriously urging full conformity with the standards, we must not drive a wedge between brothers and sisters, for there are some who have not heard or do not understand. They are not to be rejected or condemned as evil, but rather loved the more, that we may patiently bring them to understand the danger to themselves and the disservice to the ideals to which they owe loyalty, if they depart from their commitments. We hope that the disregard we sometimes see is mere thoughtlessness and not deliberate. [Ensign, Mar. 1980, 2, 4]

And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? (Act 2, Scene 2, line 303-304)

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.… William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 2, scene 2

What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between who? Polonius: I mean, the matter that you read, my lord. Hamlet: Slanders, sir; for the satirical rogue says here that old men have grey beards, that their faces are wrinkled, their eyes purging thick amber and plum-tree gum, and that they have a plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams; all which, sir, though I most powerfully and potently believe, yet I hold it not honesty to have it thus set down, for yourself, sir, shall grow old as I am, if like a crab you could go backward. Polonius: [Aside] Though this be madness, yet there is method in't Hamlet Act 2, scene 2, 193–206

No la dejéis andar al sol; la concepción es una bendición, pero no como vuestra hija puede concebir, amigo, estad atento a ello” Acto II. Escena II - Hamlet - - William Shakespeare –

Кралят: Как да приема думите ви? Хамлет: А аз как да ги взема?

Хемлет: Госпожице, може ли да легна между коленете ви? Офелия: Не, господарю! Хамлет: Исках да кажа, да облегна глава на тях. Офелия: Да, господарю. Хамлет: Помислихте си, че искам нещо лошо? Офелия: Не, не мисля, господарю. Хамлет: Макар че съвсем не е лошо да легнеш между момински крачета. Офелия: Не разбирам какво намеквате, господарю. Хамлет: Ще разберете като се потвърди.

Искате да свирите за мен. Държите се, сякаш познавате всички дупчици на ума и сърцето ми. Искате да изтръгнете скрития звук на тайната ми, да ме просвирите от най-ниската до най-високата ми нота. А в тази малка цев има много музика, прекрасен глас, но вие не можете да я накарате да проговори.

Oh, Hamlet," I say woodenly. "How, umm, nice of you to come back with a different, err, face and outfit." "I'm the Dr Who of Shakespearean heroes,

Borio cast aside the money veil to reveal a world of asset price bubbles, financial cycles, and credit booms and busts: ‘Think monetary! Modelling the financial cycle correctly … requires recognising fully the fundamental monetary nature of our economies,’ was Borio’s clarion call.7 The financial system, he asserted, doesn’t just allocate resources, it generates purchasing power. It has a life of its own. Finance and macroeconomics are ‘inextricably linked’. We inhabit a looking-glass world. Finance does not mirror reality, but acts upon it.fn2 Economics without finance, said Borio, is like Hamlet without the prince.

Hamlet: ..... for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.....