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Table of Selections, Concordances and Tests for Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

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[edit] Annotations to the Second Selection of the Text of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

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Hold on to your thoughts and good feelings. In this case "season" means to age rather than to spice.

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Armed at point exactly, cap-a-pe - Capapie \Cap` (head)*a*pie(foot)"\, adv. Old French - Vulgar Latin) cap-a-pie, from head to foot, now de pied en cap from foot to head; L. per foot + caput head.] From head to foot; at all points. He was armed cap-a-pie. --Prescott. Italian - Capo a piedi, hat or head to foot

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By their oppress'd and fear-surprised eyes - by their worried or troubled, and startled eyes.

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These hands are not more like. - His hands and mine could not be more alike.

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he wore his beaver up. - he wore his hat turned up.

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I warrant it will - I guarantee that it will.

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Let it be tenable in your silence still - Still hold it in silence - [French, from Old French, from tenir, to hold, from Latin tenre. See ten- in Indo-European Roots.] In this case used in the sense of being held, or holding. Others uses:Capable of being maintained in argument; rationally defensible: a tenable theory. Capable of being held against assault; defensible: a tenable outpost.

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I will requite your loves - I will return your love.

requite - To make repayment or return for: requite another's love. Reciprocate.

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I doubt some foul play: would the night were come! - I suspect a crime. If only night would fall, (so that I may see for myself my father's spirit).

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necessaries
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...,convoy is assistant... - his goods and person being carried and protected convoy - From Middle English convoyen, to escort, from Old French convoier, variant of conveier. See convey.

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trifling - To play or toy with something: Don't trifle with my affections. See Synonyms at flirt.

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forward -Ardently inclined; eager.
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Laertes, in this speech, cautions his sister Ophelia in her relations with young Hamlet. He states that youth and vigor are someday supplanted with a life of the mind, and Hamlet is not free to choose his loves, but must submit to the will of the body politic.

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For nature, crescent, does not grow alone - growing, Waxing, as the moon; increasing.
[Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French creissant, from present participle of creistre, to grow, from Latin crscere. See ker-2 in Indo-European Roots.] The point being that Hamlet will outgrow his lusty youth, and become a wise, old man, quite unloveable, at some time in foreseeable future.

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nor cautel doth besmirch - Cautel - n. F. caut[`e]le, L. cautela, fr. cavere to be on one's guard, to take care. Craft; deceit; falseness. [Obs.]

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choice be circumscribed - options narrowly limited; restricted.

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If with too credent ear - believing, gullible, naieve

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To his unmaster'd importunity - insistent solicitation and entreaty

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The chariest maid is prodigal enough - Very cautious. Not giving or expending freely; sparing: was chary of compliments. prodigal - spendthrift, free-spending

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Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes - adj : (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

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The canker galls the infants of the spring, too oft before their buttons be disclosed - A disease of plants, canker causes galls which are tumescent growths that appear as the result of various plant contagions, and sometimes because of the activities of insects. The meaning of the phrase is that the young may be harmed by slander and calumny even before they, in growing, reveal their good qualities.

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These lines repeat the sentiment expressed in the preceding two lines.

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Blastment - n. A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause. [Obs.]

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Whiles, like a puff'd and reckless libertine - puff'd : from powder puff : said with reference to the powder puffs used by men and women of the age to whiten their skins, and conceal blemishes.

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dalliance - extramarital affairs

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recks not his own rede. reck - reckons, considers | rede - counsel

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O, fear me not. - Don't worry about me. Have no fear for my well-being.

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Yet here, Laertes! - Are you still here?

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you are stay'd for - They are waiting for you.

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precept - A rule or principle prescribing a particular course of action or conduct.

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censure - An expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism.

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Costly thy habit - spend as much on your clothes as... habit - clothing

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touching - touching on, with reference to

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behoves - behooves, befits

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made many tenders - made many tender expressions. Or, perhaps, gifts, as in money tendered.

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Unsifted - inexperienced

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Tender yourself more dearly,... This is a play on the word tender -

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he hath importuned me with love - To beset with insistent or repeated requests; entreat pressingly.
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And hath given countenance to his speech - Support or approval.

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how prodigal the soul - Giving or given in abundance; lavish, generous or profuse: prodigal praise, excessive praise.

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For Lord Hamlet, believe so much in him - believe just so much...

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Not of that dye which their investments show - investments - clothing, especially outer clothing.

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But mere implorators of unholy suits - pleaders in favor of profane courtship, unblessed consortion and unconsecrated matrimony.

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Breathing like sanctified and pious bawds - bawd - A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; -- usually applied to a woman. A bawdy house - a house of prostitution sanctified - imputedly sacred, venerable, inviolable pious - Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds

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beguile - To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.

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slander any moment leisure - spend any of your leisure time disgracefully or dishonorably, such as by flirting with young Hamlet.

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Look to't, I charge you: come your ways - See to it, I command you, mend or succeed in your ways. come - To carry through; to succeed in, as; you can't come any tricks here.

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At this point, Hamlet, his schoolchum, Horatio, and the loyal watchman, Marcellus, enter onstage in search of the ghost. Hamlet's speech is so deeply Middle English, it will almost require translating in its entirety, by line.

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The air bites shrewdly - The air bites sharply.

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eager - Sharp; keen; bitter; severe

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lacks of twelve - just before twelve, midnight

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then it draws near the season wherein the spirit held his wont to walk.- The time approaches when the ghost walks. season - A period of time not very long; a while; a time. Any period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done

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wont to walk - Custom or habit of walking

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ordnance - Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in war.

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In response to Horatio's question, Hamlet answers that King Claudius is making merry as per the custom. However, he tempers his answer as written below in lines 319 et seq.

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rouse - wakeful hours / A carousal; a festival; a drinking bout

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wassail - A salutation or toast given in drinking someone's health or as an expression of good will at a festivity. The drink used in such toasting, commonly ale or wine spiced with roasted apples and sugar. Hence, a festivity characterized by much drinking swaggering up-spring reels - A kind of dance. reel -A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- sometimes called Scotch reel.

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Rhenish - a wine brewed in the German Palatinate (the Rhineland) much esteemed by the Danes. The trade in this wine was important not only to them, but to the Norwegians and Swedes. Rhenish, sometimes called Rhine wine, may be had today from almost any package goods store under the label Blue Nun. It is a "seasoned" or mulled wine, with various spices and sweeteners added to the dry product of white grapes grown under cool, northern conditions

bray -To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise. To utter a loud, harsh cry, such as an ass might make. To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.

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bray -To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise. To utter a loud, harsh cry, such as an ass might make. To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.

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The triumph of his pledge - the victory of his cup.The Italians would say this same thing by saying that he has a great fegato. or liver.

pledge - to drink the health of; to toast.

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Hamlet, when asked by Horatio if this was the custom, (to shoot off guns to wake the court to a bout of revelry and drunkeness) states that he thought it to be, however it was usually the case that it was "honored in the breach," that is, acknowledged through being ignored, kept less rather than more often.

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This drunken behavior causes the Danes to be held in contempt by other nations, says Hamlet, while they are betrayed in their high and noble causes, and censured. traduce -To expose to contempt or shame; to represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to defame. taxed - censured, penalized

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Soil our addition - bring discredit to our gains, however they are made; deem them unworthy, without merit.

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attribute - tribe / This definition was derived from the 1828 Webster's. It seems to work. The pith and marrow of our attribute. "The manly virtues of our tribe."

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vicious mole of nature - terrible blemish of character

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Since nature cannot choose his origin - one cannot choose one's parents, also, the natural order is created, not Creator.

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complexion - aspect or characteristic

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pales - walls

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some defect which too much o'er-leavens - some character defect which belittles and makes a mockery of... o'er-leavens - from the words over and leaven, which means to rise, lighten (as in leavened bread). A bread which is too light is not substantial or filling.

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the form of plausive manners - ...approved manners

plausive - related to plausible, or credible, that is, inspiring of confidence or belief.

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Carrying, I say,... These men, afflicted, as they are, whether by some congenital, or inborn, defect, or by the workings of fate and fortune, whatever their virtues and strengths, these shall be ruined by this fault of character.

This most important sentiment closely and accurately reflects Aristotle's analysis of the tragic character, however ironically it is put, for Hamlet, himself must ultimately fail through the workings of his great tragedy.The speech mirrors that of Claudius in the first act, who accuses Hamlet of these very tragical failings.

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dram of eale - As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as, a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; a dram of ale (eale).

dram - a small portion of something to drink. From the Greek root, drachma, meaning handful

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Doth all the noble substance of a doubt to his own scandal. - The fault or character defect referred to above renders useless the tragic character's laudable qualities, their virtues, to their own detriment (scandal).

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goblin - A grotesque elfin creature of folklore, thought to work mischief or evil [Middle English gobelin, from Norman French *gobelin, name of a ghost that supposedly haunted the town of Évreux in the 12th

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cerements - A burial garment. Often used in the plural sepulchre - sepulchre - n : a chamber that is used as a grave [syn: burial chamber; tomb.

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inurn - v : To bury or entomb; inter

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ponderous - Having great weight. Unwieldy from weight or bulk.

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corse - corpse, dead body : again in complete steel - again in armor as when he lived.

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So horridly to shake our disposition - to roughly shatter our peace of mind, or the prevailing frame of mind or spirit, whatever it be.

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souls - The animating and vital principle in humans, credited with the faculties of thought, action, and emotion and often conceived as an immaterial entity.

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impartment - that which is imparted, communicated, or disclosed.

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I do not set my life in a pin's fee</I> - I value my life not at all.

Pin's fee - very little; tiny amount, the price of a pin.

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toward the flood - toward the river

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That beetles o'er his base into the sea - That looms or projects over the sea.

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toys - tricks, foolish thoughts.

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fathom - a unit of measure equal to six feet.

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It waves me still - It yet beckons me on

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Hold off your hands - keep your hands off me.

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I>Be ruled; you shall not go </I>- You must take our orders... or, Allow our authority in this matter...

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My fate cries out - It is my destiny, I am impelled by circumstance and the future...

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petty artery - the smallest parts of his circulatory system

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Nemean lion's nerve - This particular lion, the Nemean lion, lost his life to the Greek hero, Hercules. Shakespeare uses its name for poetic reasons. The audience would be thrilled, impressed or amused to hear the high talk of the Universities, where the Classics were studied by the noble youth.

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Unhand me, gentlemen - Let me loose

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I'll make a ghost of him that lets me. - I will kill any who lower their guard.

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Go on; I'll follow thee - These words are spoken to the ghost.

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waxes - grows, increases, becomes larger. Often said with respect to the moon and its stages (from crescent it waxes to half, then to full), Opposite: wanes

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Must render up myself -</I> Must give myself up

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But that I am forbid to tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word would harrow up thy soul. - Except for the fact that I am forbidden to tell, my tale would break or tear your soul: torment, distress or vex you.

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blazon - description; record

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Murder most foul, as in the best it is; But this most foul, strange and unnatural - Murder is always foul, under the best of circumstances, but this, my, murder, is most foul, strange and unnatural (spoken with reference to his wife's collusion and consort with her brother).

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Lethe wharf - Death's door

lethe - death

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10489

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forged process of my death - forged death certificate

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gifts - Some quality or endowment given to man by God; a preeminent and special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking

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lust - Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy;

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