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  Where is the quote "No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing" in the play "Hamlet"?

  Posted by mollymercer on Dec 8, 2008 at 09:53 PM

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  What are some quotes about "madness" from Hamlet?

  Posted by fballer17 on Dec 3, 2008 at 10:07 AM

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  I need quotes to support the following statements from "Hamlet":

  Posted by missjhollywood on Nov 30, 2008 at 06:22 PM

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  In Act III of "Hamlet", what are some important quotes that reflect theme and foreshadowing?

  Posted by ambivalentromance on Nov 18, 2008 at 05:51 PM

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  In Hamlet, please explain Hamlet's statement, "(T)he time is out of joint. O cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right."

  Posted by oribel on Nov 16, 2008 at 12:31 PM

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  In Act 3 of "Hamlet", the prince says, "I must be cruel to be kind." Does he sound sincere?

  Posted by mardia on Nov 6, 2008 at 06:57 PM

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  In "Hamlet," why does Fortinbras, rather than Horatio, say that Hamlet "was likely, had he put on"?

  Posted by bowlingkid09 on Oct 23, 2008 at 07:15 PM

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  What does Hamlet mean, when he says :"...When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause..."?

  Posted by mahdi on Jan 26, 2008 at 05:16 AM

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  What are some quotes that Hamlet says that compares him to Fortinbras or Laertes?

  Posted by kathii on Jan 21, 2008 at 01:39 PM

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  What is Hamlet trying to say when he says, "There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow"?

  Posted by ldgfaf on Jan 5, 2008 at 03:53 PM

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  What does Hamlet mean when he says in Act 4, Scene 2, "I am glad of it:  a knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear"?

  Posted by kirsch on Dec 7, 2007 at 11:29 AM

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  In Act 3, Scene 2 of Hamlet, the Queen says, “The lady doth protests too much, methinks.”  Why is her claim ironic?

  Posted by tina-blina on Dec 6, 2007 at 02:56 PM

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  In Act 2, Scene 2, why does Hamlet call Denmark a prison? 

  Posted by kirsch on Dec 5, 2007 at 11:25 AM

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  Polonius' lines in Act 2, Scene 2:  "Lord Hamlet is a prince, out of thy star. This must not be:’ and then I prescripts gave her." 

  Posted by krystal89 on Dec 5, 2007 at 10:49 AM

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  Please explain Hamlet's accusation "Frailty thy name is woman" in Act 1 of Hamlet.

  Posted by kristina89 on Dec 3, 2007 at 09:04 AM

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  In Act IV, what is Hamlet's dilemma: "What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feed?"

  Posted by alexa08 on Nov 6, 2007 at 07:57 PM

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  What does this quote mean? "We do it wrong, being so majestical, to offer it the show of violence; for it is, as the air, invulnerable..."

  Posted by clee1990 on Oct 25, 2007 at 03:20 PM

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  What does this quote from Hamlet's letter to Ophelia mean? "Doubt thou that stars...."

  Posted by eemanay on Oct 25, 2007 at 05:55 AM

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  "Goodnight Sweet Prince" - What is the meaning behind this quote from Hamlet? A cover-up to a murder? A suicide?

  Posted by racin89scot on Oct 9, 2007 at 10:10 PM

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  In act 1, scene 5 of Hamlet, what does the character Hamlet mean by "wings as swift as meditation"?

  Posted by larki on Sep 1, 2007 at 09:19 PM

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