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Bernardo. He says, "Who's there?"
The Hamlet book I'm holding has 4070 lines in the book. The book is called Cliffs Complete and has the play Hamlet in it as well as other information about the play. -Neo917
I am assuming that you are asking for the second line of Hamlet's famous soliloquy and not the second line in the play. Here are the first five lines of the monologue: To be, or not to be--that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortuneOr to take arms against a sea of troublesAnd by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
Hamlet will insert some dozen or fourteen lines into the play the Murder of Gonzago to make it seem more like the murder of his father.
The play 'Hamlet' is the second-most quoted writing in the western world, after the Bible. It is the most-often performed of the Shakespeare plays. It's also the Shakespeare play which has had the most written about it. So it's an important play because it's an important part of western culture.
Bernardo. He says, "Who's there?"
The lines in Hamlet varies by how the lines are counted. Hamlet has roughly, 4,042 lines in the play. Hamlet does most of the speaking in the play and accounts for almost 50% of the lines in the play.
Hamlet spoke the words in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
Hamlet spoke the words in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
Hamlet
The Hamlet book I'm holding has 4070 lines in the book. The book is called Cliffs Complete and has the play Hamlet in it as well as other information about the play. -Neo917
I am assuming that you are asking for the second line of Hamlet's famous soliloquy and not the second line in the play. Here are the first five lines of the monologue: To be, or not to be--that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortuneOr to take arms against a sea of troublesAnd by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
The Shakespeare play with the most lines, 3,924, is 'Hamlet'.
Falstaff, who appears in three plays (the two parts of Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor) has more lines than any other Shakespearean character, with 471. Hamlet has the most in a single play (probably because when you conflate the two versions of the play it is way longer than any other play)
Hamlet asks the players to perform a specific play containing the murder of Gonzago. He also requests that they insert specific lines that he created himself.
Hamlet will insert some dozen or fourteen lines into the play the Murder of Gonzago to make it seem more like the murder of his father.
The play 'Hamlet' is the second-most quoted writing in the western world, after the Bible. It is the most-often performed of the Shakespeare plays. It's also the Shakespeare play which has had the most written about it. So it's an important play because it's an important part of western culture.