Though lewdness court it in a shape of heaven, Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poorīut virtue, as it never will be moved, 60 I made to her in marriage, and to decline That it went hand in hand even with the vow

The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen.įrom me, whose love was of that dignity 55 O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power With witchcraft of his wits, with traitorous gifts- 50 And he really doesn't like his uncle.Īy, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, Remember, back in 1.2, after he heard about the ghost, Hamlet said he suspected foul play. King Hamlet says that everyone is under the impression he died from a poisonous snakebite, but that's not true. The serpent that did sting thy father’s life ’Tis given out that, sleeping in my orchard,Ī serpent stung me. That roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf, 40 Haste me to know ’t, that I, with wings as swift 35Īnd duller shouldst thou be than the fat weed So, if Hamlet ever loved him, it's time for him to get revenge for his father's murder.īut this most foul, strange, and unnatural. Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.Īnd now for the big money talk: The ghost (who says he is indeed the ghost of Hamlet's father) says he needs revenge, and sooner rather than later, since he's doomed to burn in eternal flames until he gets it. Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from theirĪnd each particular hair to stand an end, 25 Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word 20 Till the foul crimes done in my days of natureĪre burnt and purged away.

So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear.ĭoomed for a certain term to walk the night 15Īnd for the day confined to fast in fires Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing When I to sulf’rous and tormenting flames

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