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7 Cards in this Set
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"I do not know, my Lord, what I should think"...
-Ophelia |
Dependency on men (particularly her father Polonius).
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"Think yourself a baby"...
-Polonius |
Demonstrating dependency,
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"My Lord, my Lord, I have been so affrighted"...
-Ophelia |
Weakness of character.
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"Get thee to a nunnery"
-Hamlet |
To Ophelia. For cleansing? Or to save her from being corrupted. A part of Hamlet's antic disposition, however arguably, his madness is genuine when thinking about women/sex/infidelity.
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"My most seeming-virtuous Queen"...
"But Virtue, as it never will be moved..." -Ghost |
Similar to Iachimo, who uses comparable metaphors when he is accusing Posthumus of deserting Imogen for prostitutes. Stresses the corrupt nature of the Queen, who is supposed to be the figure-head for everything good.
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"These words like daggers enter in my ears"...
-Queen |
Ironic, as she is envisaging Hamlet killing her through the ears, just like how Claudius killed King Hamlet (by pouring poison in his ear).
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"Great haste"
-Hamlet |
Used to describe Gertrude's marriage to Claudius.
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