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"Who's there?"

"Nay, answer me; stand and unfold yourself"

The symbolic reasoning for the first lines of Hamlet being "Who's there?" points to the constant themes found throughout the play of hypocrites, spying, fear of the unknown and hysteria.

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Act 1: Scene 1 Barnardo: Who's there? Francisco: Nay, answer me. Stand an unfold yourself.

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"Neither a lender or borrower be..."

"To be or not to be..."

"There is something rotten in the state of Denmark."

There's more but I don't want to look it up.

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Three words are loyal, confused, passionate. You could also call him intellectual, scathing, troubled, emotional, philosophical, lively.

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"To be or not to be that is the question" This is one of his most famous quotes in Hamlet. He's basically debating on whether or not he wants to commit suicide.

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