{"id":11538,"date":"2017-09-04T21:56:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T21:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myedme.com\/login\/?p=11538"},"modified":"2017-09-04T21:56:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T21:56:35","slug":"HamletBtext0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/HamletBtext0\/","title":{"rendered":"Act 2, page 0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Table of Contents<\/a><\/p>\n

ACT II SCENE I\ufffd<\/b> Setting: A room in POLONIUS' house.<\/p>\n

[Enter\ufffdPOLONIUS and REYNALDO]<\/p>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nGive him this money and these notes, Reynaldo.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nREYNALDO<\/td>\nI will, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nYou shall do marvellous wisely, good Reynaldo,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nBefore you visit him, to make inquire<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nOf his behavior.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nREYNALDO<\/td>\nMy lord, I did intend it.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nMarry, well said; very well said. Look you, sir,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nInquire me first what Danskers are in Paris;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd how, and who, what means, and where they keep,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nWhat company, at what expense; and finding<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nBy this encompassment and drift of question<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThat they do know my son, come you more nearer<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThan your particular demands will touch it:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nTake you, as 'twere, some distant knowledge of him;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAs thus, 'I know his father and his friends,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd in part him: ' do you mark this, Reynaldo?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nREYNALDO<\/td>\nAy, very well, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nAnd in part him; but' you may say 'not well:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nBut, if't be he I mean, he's very wild;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAddicted so and so:' and there put on him<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nWhat forgeries you please; marry, none so rank<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAs may dishonour him; take heed of that;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nBut, sir, such wanton, wild and usual slips<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAs are companions noted and most known<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nTo youth and liberty.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nREYNALDO<\/td>\nAs gaming, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nAy, or drinking, fencing, swearing, quarrelling,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nDrabbing: you may go so far.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nREYNALDO<\/td>\nMy lord, that would dishonour him.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nFaith, no; as you may season it in the charge<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nYou must not put another scandal on him,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThat he is open to incontinency;<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThat's not my meaning: but breathe his faults so quaintly<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThat they may seem the taints of liberty,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThe flash and outbreak of a fiery mind,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nA savageness in unreclaimed blood,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nOf general assault.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nREYNALDO<\/td>\nBut, my good lord,––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nWherefore should you do this?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nREYNALDO<\/td>\nAy, my lord,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nI would know that.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nMarry, sir, here's my drift;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd I believe, it is a fetch of wit:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nYou laying these slight sullies on my son,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAs 'twere a thing a little soil'd i' the working, Mark you,<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nYour party in converse, him you would sound,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nHaving ever seen in the prenominate crimes<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThe youth you breathe of guilty, be assured<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nHe closes with you in this consequence;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nGood sir,' or so, or 'friend,' or 'gentleman,'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAccording to the phrase or the addition<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nOf man and country.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nREYNALDO<\/td>\nVery good, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nAnd then, sir, does he this––he does––what was I<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nabout to say? By the mass, I was about to say<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nsomething: where did I leave?<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nREYNALDO<\/td>\nAt 'closes in the consequence,' at 'friend or so,'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nand 'gentleman.'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nAt 'closes in the consequence,' ay, marry;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nHe closes thus: 'I know the gentleman;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nI saw him yesterday, or t' other day,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nOr then, or then; with such, or such; and, as you say,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThere was a' gaming; there o'ertook in's rouse;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThere falling out at tennis:' or perchance,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nI saw him enter such a house of sale,'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nVidelicet, a brothel, or so forth.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nSee you now;<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nYour bait of falsehood takes this carp of truth:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd thus do we of wisdom and of reach,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nWith windlasses and with assays of bias,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nBy indirections find directions out:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nSo by my former lecture and advice,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nShall you my son. You have me, have you not?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nREYNALDO<\/td>\nMy lord, I have.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nGod be wi' you; fare you well.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nREYNALDO<\/td>\nGood my lord!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nObserve his inclination in yourself.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nREYNALDO<\/td>\nI shall, my lord.<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nAnd let him ply his music.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nREYNALDO<\/td>\nWell, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nFarewell!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n[Exit\ufffdREYNALDO]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n[Enter\ufffdOPHELIA]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nHow now, Ophelia! what's the matter?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOPHELIA<\/td>\nO, my lord, my lord, I have been so affrighted!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nWith what, i' the name of God?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOPHELIA<\/td>\nMy lord, as I was sewing in my closet,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nLord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbraced;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nNo hat upon his head; his stockings foul'd,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nUngarter'd, and down–gyved to his ancle;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nPale as his shirt; his knees knocking each other;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd with a look so piteous in purport<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAs if he had been loosed out of hell<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nTo speak of horrors,––he comes before me.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nMad for thy love?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOPHELIA<\/td>\nMy lord, I do not know;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nBut truly, I do fear it.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nWhat said he?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOPHELIA<\/td>\nHe took me by the wrist and held me hard;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThen goes he to the length of all his arm;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd, with his other hand thus o'er his brow,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nHe falls to such perusal of my face<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAs he would draw it. Long stay'd he so;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAt last, a little shaking of mine arm<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd thrice his head thus waving up and down,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nHe raised a sigh so piteous and profound<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAs it did seem to shatter all his bulk<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd end his being: that done, he lets me go:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd, with his head over his shoulder turn'd,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nHe seem'd to find his way without his eyes;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nFor out o' doors he went without their helps,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd, to the last, bended their light on me.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nCome, go with me: I will go seek the king.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThis is the very ecstasy of love,<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nWhose violent property fordoes itself<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd leads the will to desperate undertakings<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAs oft as any passion under heaven<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThat does afflict our natures. I am sorry.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nWhat, have you given him any hard words of late?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOPHELIA<\/td>\nNo, my good lord, but, as you did command,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nI did repel his fetters and denied<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nHis access to me.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLORD POLONIUS<\/td>\nThat hath made him mad.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nI am sorry that with better heed and judgment<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nI had not quoted him: I fear'd he did but trifle,<\/td>\n110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAnd meant to wreck thee; but, beshrew my jealousy!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nBy heaven, it is as proper to our age<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nTo cast beyond ourselves in our opinions<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nAs it is common for the younger sort<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nTo lack discretion. Come, go we to the king:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nThis must be known; which, being kept close, might<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nmove<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\nMore grief to hide than hate to utter love.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n[Exeunt]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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