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What is Hamlet referring to in saying Up sword and know thou a more horrid hent When he is drunk asleep or in his rage Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed At gaming swearing or about some act?
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Full passage from Act 3, Scene 3 Hamlet:
Up, sword; and know thou a more horrid hent:
When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage,
Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed;
At gaming, swearing, or about some act
That has no relish of salvation in't;
Then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven,
And that his soul may be as damn'd and black
As hell, whereto it goes. My mother stays:
This physic but prolongs thy sickly days.
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∙ 7y agoHe believes that whether you go to heaven or hell depends a lot on what you are doing right before you die. If you are killed praying you have a good chance of going to heaven but if you are killed while being drunk or angry or having sex or gambling or swearing or some other sinful behaviour then off to hell you go. Hamlet decides to wait until he has a chance to send Claudius to hell.
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Is Hamlet a common noun?
That depends on usage. A hamlet, referring to a small town, would be a common noun. While Hamlet, referring to the name of Shakespeare's play, would be a proper noun.
Who says in Hamlet 'now cracks a noble heart'?
Horatio. (Act 5, Scene 2, line 327) He's referring to the death of Hamlet.
What is Hamlet referring to in the passage Up sword and know thou a more horrid hent when he is drunk asleep or in his rage or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed?
Hamlet has worked himself up to a state of mind where he is ready to kill Claudius "Now I could drink hot blood!" He finds him and is about to kill him when he stops. Claudius is on his knees. He is apparently praying. Hamlet is afraid that this will make it easier for Claudius to get into heaven, unlike his father who is stuck in purgatory being killed "unshriven". There is a weird mixture of Protestant and Catholic theologies here: the notion of Purgatory is definitely Catholic, but the idea that praying directly to God might get you absolution for your sins without the aid of a priest is clearly Protestant. Either way, Hamlet wants his revenge to extend into the next life, and so killing Claudius so that he can go to heaven in not good enough. He wants to get him while he is committing a sin of some kind so he'll go straight to hell. He sheathes his sword, waiting for this kind of opportunity.
What do you think Hamlet means when he says mother you have my father much offended?
Hamlet is referring to his real father, who is dead, not his step-father. He means that his mother has insulted the memory of her late husband, the deceased king, by marrying Hamlet's uncle soon after the late king's death.
When hamlet is swearing his friend to secrecy after the ghosts appearance what is happening at the same time?
A number of things, obviously. The Ghost is still bellowing "Swear!" from under the stage. And we can assume that Claudius is still partying as he was earlier in the previous scene. What else is happening, we don't know.
Is hamlet common noun?
That depends on usage. A hamlet, referring to a small town, would be a common noun. While Hamlet, referring to the name of Shakespeare's play, would be a proper noun.
Is Hamlet a common noun?
That depends on usage. A hamlet, referring to a small town, would be a common noun. While Hamlet, referring to the name of Shakespeare's play, would be a proper noun.
What are the examples of disorder in Hamlet?
Some examples of disorder in Hamlet include: -Disorder in Society -Loss of King Hamlet -New King (Claudius) -Treat of invasion by Fortinbras of Norway -Disorder of Family -Claudius killing his own brother -Incestuous Relationship (Claudius marrying his sister-in-law) -Betrayal -Disorder in the Universe -Ghost -Disorder of the Mind -Hamlet pretending to be crazy -Ophelia going crazy
Who says in Hamlet 'now cracks a noble heart'?
Horatio. (Act 5, Scene 2, line 327) He's referring to the death of Hamlet.
What is Hamlet referring to in the passage Up sword and know thou a more horrid hent when he is drunk asleep or in his rage or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed?
Hamlet has worked himself up to a state of mind where he is ready to kill Claudius "Now I could drink hot blood!" He finds him and is about to kill him when he stops. Claudius is on his knees. He is apparently praying. Hamlet is afraid that this will make it easier for Claudius to get into heaven, unlike his father who is stuck in purgatory being killed "unshriven". There is a weird mixture of Protestant and Catholic theologies here: the notion of Purgatory is definitely Catholic, but the idea that praying directly to God might get you absolution for your sins without the aid of a priest is clearly Protestant. Either way, Hamlet wants his revenge to extend into the next life, and so killing Claudius so that he can go to heaven in not good enough. He wants to get him while he is committing a sin of some kind so he'll go straight to hell. He sheathes his sword, waiting for this kind of opportunity.
What do you think Hamlet means when he says mother you have my father much offended?
Hamlet is referring to his real father, who is dead, not his step-father. He means that his mother has insulted the memory of her late husband, the deceased king, by marrying Hamlet's uncle soon after the late king's death.
Is Hamlet waiting for the right moment or procrastinating?
You could argue either.In the scene when Hamlet attempts to kill Claudius but decides against it is the most significant for this question (So I will be referring to it.) The cause could arguably be 3 things: Hamlet's fear, Hamlet's scheming, or Hamlet's procrastination.Scheming - Hamlet himself says he would rather kill Claudius when he is 'drunk, asleep or in his rage, or in th'incestuous pleasure of his bed' - as Claudius is praying in thie scene, Hamlet could be rationally thinking when it may be better to kill him, in order to send him straight to hell.Procrastintion - As Hamlet's hamartia (tragic flaw) is his lack of action, the reason for him not killing Claudius in this scene could indeed be Hamlet's procrastination, or 'overthinking' of the situation at hand - if another Shakesperian hero such as Macbeth was placed in the same position as Hamlet, the whole play would be complete in one scene. Instead, Hamlet overanalyses the situation before doubting himself.Fear - it could be argued that Hamlet doesn't kill Claudius for fear of what may happen afterwards; most importantly, the throne Hamlet must take. This could be an underlying cause of Hamlet's procrastination.What is obvoius in this scene however is that it is a turning point in the play. If Hamlet had killed Claudius here, Gertrude wouldn't have died, nor Laertes, Ohelia or himself. This proves that Hamlet's lack of action does eventually lead to his downfall.As Shakespeare does not map out to the audience what is the real cause of Hamlet's lack of action, the reader/viewer must decide for themselves.
When hamlet is swearing his friend to secrecy after the ghosts appearance what is happening at the same time?
A number of things, obviously. The Ghost is still bellowing "Swear!" from under the stage. And we can assume that Claudius is still partying as he was earlier in the previous scene. What else is happening, we don't know.
Why does Hamlet rage against his mother?
Because she married the brother of her very recently dead husband. Her first husband was both the previous king and Hamlet's father. Hamlet eventually learns that his uncle, now his stepfather and the new King of Denmark, murdered his father in order to steal both his wife and his crown. Hamlet makes many bitter comments about the 'incestuous' marriage bed and the unseemly haste with which his mother, Gertrude, married her husband's brother. When he is convinced that his uncle actually did murder his father, at first doubting his own sanity after seeing and speaking with his father's ghost, Hamlet kills his uncle. Gertrude, who had no part in her first husband's murder, is slain by accident, and Hamlet himself is murdered during the climactic final scenes.
Why does Hamlet extract an oath from horatio and the others about the ghost?
He tells Horatio in 3,2 "Give me that man that is not passion's slave and I shall wear him in my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart--as I do thee." He admires Horatio's calm and Stoic nature which is such a contrast to Hamlet's passionate and mercurial temperament.
What have the watchmen seen just before the followin excerpt from act 1 scene you of hamlet?
SInce you don't show the actual excerpt, it is most likely that you are referring to the scene where the watchmen have just seen the ghost of Hamlet's father.
What is the nonery scene in hamlet?
I believe you are referring to the "Get thee to a nunnery!" Scene in Hamlet where he tells Ophelia to go to a nunnery rather than, "be a breeder of sinners," but it is also a play on words because a nunnery was a nickname for a brothel; so he was calling her a prostitute.
