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2. Leaps into the grave 16 Now pile your dust upon the quick and dead, 17 Till of this flat a mountain you have made, 18 To o'ertop old Pelion, or the skyish head 19 Of blue Olympus. HAMLET 20 [Advancing] What is he whose grief 21 Bears such an emphasis? whose phrase of sorrow 22 Conjures the wandering stars, and makes them stand 23 Like wonder-wounded hearers? This is I, 24 Hamlet the Dane. Leaps into the grave LAERTES 25 The devil take thy soul! Act 5; Scene 2 LAERTES 1 Lay her i' the earth: 2 And from her fair and unpolluted flesh 3 May violets spring! I tell thee, churlish priest, 4 A ministering angel shall my sister be, 5 When thou liest howling. HAMLET 6 What, the fair Ophelia! QUEEN GERTRUDE 7 Sweets to the sweet: farewell! Scattering flowers 8 I hoped thou shouldst have been my Hamlet's wife; 9 I thought thy bride-bed to have deck'd, sweet maid, 10 And not have strew'd thy grave. LAERTES 11 O, treble woe 12 Fall ten times treble on that cursed head, 13 Whose wicked deed thy most ingenious sense 14 Deprived thee of! Hold off the earth awhile, 15 Till I have caught her once more in mine arms:

3. ANALYSIS "unpolluted flesh“ "May violets spring! I tell thee, churlish priest, / A ministering angel shall my sister be, / When thou liest howling". “O, treble woe / Fall ten times treble on that cursed head,” "Hold off the earth a while, / Till I have caught her once more in mine arms". "pile your dust upon the quick and dead“ "a mountain… To o'ertop old Pelion, or the skyish head / Of blue Olympus” "What is he whose grief / Bears such an emphasis? whose phrase of sorrow / Conjures the wandering stars, and makes them stand / Like wonder-wounded hearers?"

4. Act 4; Scene 5 LAERTES 1 Where is my father? KING CLAUDIUS 2 Dead. QUEEN GERTRUDE 3 But not by him. KING CLAUDIUS 4 Let him demand his fill. LAERTES 5 How came he dead? I'll not be juggled with: 6 To hell, allegiance! Vows, to the blackest devil! 7 Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit! 8 I dare damnation. To this point I stand, 9 That both the worlds I give to negligence, 10 Let come what comes; only I'll be revenged 11 Most thoroughly for my father. KING CLAUDIUS 12 Who shall stay you? LAERTES 13 My will, not all the world: 14 And for my means, I'll husband them so well, 15 They shall go far with little. KING CLAUDIUS 16 Good Laertes, 17 If you desire to know the certainty 18 Of your dear father's death, is't writ in your revenge, 19 That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe, 20 Winner and loser? LAERTES 21 None but his enemies. KING CLAUDIUS 22 Will you know them then? LAERTES 23 To his good friends thus wide I'll open my arms; 24 And like the kind life-rendering pelican, 25 Repast them with my blood.

5. ANALYSIS “But not by him” “vows, to the blackest devil! / Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit!” “only I'll be revenged / Most thoroughly for my father” “Who shall stay you? / My will, not all the world”. “And like the kind life-rendering pelican, / Repast them with my blood”

6.  LAERTES 20 I am satisfied in nature, 21 Whose motive, in this case, should stir me most 22 To my revenge: but in my terms of honour 23 I stand aloof; and will no reconcilement, 24 Till by some elder masters, of known honour, 25 I have a voice and precedent of peace, 26 To keep my name ungored. But till that time, 27 I do receive your offer'd love like love, 28 And will not wrong it. HAMLET 29 I embrace it freely; 30 And will this brother's wager frankly play. 31 Give us the foils. Come on. LAERTES 32 Come, one for me. HAMLET 33 I'll be your foil, Laertes: in mine ignorance 34 Your skill shall, like a star i' the darkest night, 35 Stick fiery off indeed. LAERTES 36 You mock me, sir. HAMLET 37 No, by this hand. KING CLAUDIUS 38 Give them the foils, young Osric. Cousin Hamlet, 39You know the wager? HAMLET 40 Very well, my lord 41Your grace hath laid the odds o' the weaker side. KING CLAUDIUS 42 I do not fear it; I have seen you both: 43But since he is better'd, we have therefore odds. LAERTES 44 This is too heavy, let me see another. HAMLET 45 This likes me well. These foils have all a length? OSRIC 46 Ay, my good lord. Act 5; Scene 2

7.  “Give me your pardon sir, I’ve done you wrong, But pardon’t as you are a gentleman”  “I am satisfied in nature, Whos motive in this case should stir me most to my revenge; but in terms of honors/I stand aloof. Analysis

8.  LAERTES 20 I am satisfied in nature, 21 Whose motive, in this case, should stir me most 22 To my revenge: but in my terms of honour 23 I stand aloof; and will no reconcilement, 24 Till by some elder masters, of known honour, 25 I have a voice and precedent of peace, 26 To keep my name ungored. But till that time, 27 I do receive your offer'd love like love, 28 And will not wrong it. HAMLET 29 I embrace it freely; 30 And will this brother's wager frankly play. 31 Give us the foils. HAMLET 60 Come on, sir. LAERTES 61 Come, my lord. HAMLET 62 One. LAERTES 63 No. OSRIC 64 A hit, a very palpable hit. LAERTES 65 Well; again. KING CLAUDIUS 66 Stay; give me drink. Hamlet, this pearl is thine; 67 Here's to thy health. 68 Trumpets sound, and cannon shot off within 69 Give him the cup. HAMLET 70 I'll play this bout first; set it by awhile. Come. 71 Another hit; what say you? LAERTES 72 A touch, a touch, I do confess. KING CLAUDIUS 73 Our son shall win. QUEEN GERTRUDE 74 He's fat, and scant of breath. 75 Here, Hamlet, take my napkin, rub thy brows; 76The queen carouses to thy fortune, Hamlet. HAMLET 77 Good madam! KING CLAUDIUS 78 Gertrude, do not drink. QUEEN GERTRUDE 79 I will, my lord; I pray you, pardon me. KING CLAUDIUS 80 It is the poison'd cup: it is too late. HAMLET 81 I dare not drink yet, madam; by and by. QUEEN GERTRUDE 82 Come, let me wipe thy face. LAERTES 83 My lord, I'll hit him now.

9.  “ My lord, I’ll hit him now”  "And yet `tis almost against my conscience". Analysis

10.  OSRIC 88 Look to the queen there, ho! HORATIO 89 They bleed on both sides. How is it, my lord? OSRIC 90 How is't, Laertes? LAERTES 91 Why, as a woodcock to mine own springe, Osric; 92 I am justly kill'd with mine own treachery. HAMLET 93 How does the queen? KING CLAUDIUS 94 She swounds to see them bleed. QUEEN GERTRUDE 95 No, no, the drink, the drink,--O my dear Hamlet,-- 96 The drink, the drink! I am poison'd. HAMLET 97 O villany! Ho! let the door be lock'd: 98 Treachery! Seek it out. LAERTES 99 It is here, Hamlet: Hamlet, thou art slain; 100 No medicine in the world can do thee good; 101 In thee there is not half an hour of life; 102 The treacherous instrument is in thy hand, 103 Unbated and envenom'd: the foul practise 104 Hath turn'd itself on me lo, here I lie, 105 Never to rise again: thy mother's poison'd: 106 I can no more: the king, the king's to blame. HAMLET 107 The point!--envenom'd too! 108 Then, venom, to thy work. 109 HAMLET 110 Here, thou incestuous, murderous, damned Dane, 111 Drink off this potion. Is thy union here? 112 Follow my mother. LAERTES 113 He is justly served; 114 It is a poison temper'd by himself. 115 Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet: 116 Mine and my father's death come not upon thee, 117 Nor thine on me. Act 5; Scene 2

11.  “Why, as a woodcock to mine own springe”  “ Unabated and envenomed”  :"Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet: / Mine and my father's death come not upon thee, / Nor thine on me" Analysis