New! Understand every line of Hamlet. Read our modern English translation. Next Act 3, Scene 4 Quiz Get 3 quizzes by signing up for a free account Test your knowledge of Act 3, Scene 3. Submit your answers to see your results and get feedback. Which of the following best describ...
Act 3, Scene 4 Explanation and Analysis—Behind the Curtain: A good example of the play's use of dramatic irony comes in Act 3, Scene 4, which is a significant turning point in the play. Driven by the escalation of tension, Hamlet arrives to confront his mother. Shortly into their ...
In Act 3, Scene 1, Lucius tells Titus that he “lament[s] in vain,” but Titus… read analysis of Grief and Mourning Previous Act 5, Scene 3 Next Revenge Cite This Page Ask LitCharts AI Hello! I'm LitCharts AI I can answer any question about Titus Andronicus instantly. Sign ...
The most famous lines in Hamlet come from his soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 1, when he reflects on the struggle of balancing his weariness of life and his fear of death. The soliloquy begins: To be or not to be—that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The sl...
Act 2, Scene 2 Quotes O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?Deny thy father and refuse thy name;Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,And I'll no longer be a Capulet. Related Characters: Juliet (speaker), Romeo Related Themes: Page Number and Citation: 2.2.36-39 Cite...
In his speech from Act 3, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Shylock uses rhetorical questions to point out the indisputable similarities between Jews and Christians, in such a way that any listener would find him impossible to contradict: I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes?
As Hamlet interrogates his mother, Gertrude, in Act 3 Scene 4 of Hamlet, after mistakenly killing Polonius, he uses a paradox to explain why he has committed such violent actions and why he has been berating his mother for remarrying Claudius (the brother of Hamlet's father). With this ...
Previous Act 5, Scene 2 Cite This Page About the Translator: Bailey Sincox Bailey Sincox is a PhD student in English at Harvard University, where she researches the theatre of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Her teaching experience includes accessible online courses with edX on Hamlet and...
In Act 5, Scene 3 of Shakespeare's King Lear, the character of King Lear raves in grief at the death of his daughter Cordelia. Just before fainting with grief, he says: Never, never, never, never, never. Lear's full line of repeated "nevers" suggests that he cannot see the meaning...
No! I'm not Prince Hamlet, and I was never meant to be. I'm just a background character, a lord following the prince who can serve to fill a crowd, begin a scene or two, or give the prince advice. No doubt I'm an easy tool, subservient and happy to be useful. I'm polite,...