Read the passage from Act V of Hamlet. Hamlet: Let me see.—[Takes the skull.]—Alas! poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?
Read the summary of a theme that is developed in Hamlet, particularly in the beginning of Act V of Hamlet.It’s obvious that everyone is going to die someday, so people should just get over themselves and realize we’re all the same in the end.
Read the passage from Act V of Hamlet.Hamlet: ... that’s the French bet against the Danish. Why is this ‘imponed,’ as you call it?Osric: The king, sir, hath laid, that in a dozen passes between yourself and him [Laertes], he shall not exceed you three hits; he hath laid on twelve for nine, and it would come to immediate trial, if your lordship would vouchsafe the answer.Hamlet: How if I answer no?Osric: I mean, my lord, the opposition of your person in trial.
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