...of grief, That can denote me truly. These indeed seem, For they are actions that a man might play; But I have that within which passeth show — These but the trappings and the suits of woe. This is more ambiguous than appears at first glance. Hamlet may be saying that he has put on a false...

...nay, it is: I know not 'seems'. . . . these indeed seem, For they are actions that a man might play: But I have that within which passeth show; These but the trappings and the suits of woe. (1, Ü, 76-86) There is here not only a defence, but an implicit appeal to the verdict of the Court....

...terrible outburst against seeming with an, in its way, equally terrible refusal to acknowledge any jar: 'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning duties to your father. (11.87-8) Hamlet has no reply to Claudius's appeal to the 'common theme' of death of fathers, nor to...

...indeed seem, For they are actions that a man might play; But I have that within which passeth show, 85 These but the trappings and the suits of woe. King....obligation for some term To do obsequious sorrow. But to persever In obstinate condolement is a course Of impious stubbornness; 'tis unmanly grief; It shows...

...the Prince on the impropriety of being excessively emotional in the aftermath of Old Hamlet's death: Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet,...That father lost, lost his - and the survivor bound In filial obligation for some term To do obsequious sorrow. But to persever In obstinate condolement...

...100 percent mortality. This is the message Claudius gives Hamlet at their first meeting in the play: "Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet,...That father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound In filial obligation for some term To do obsequious sorrow. But to persever In obstinate Gondolement...

...King. How is it that the clouds still hang on you? Ham. Not so, my lord, I am too much in the sun. King Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet,...your father lost a father, That father lost, lost his@and the survivor bound 90 In filial obligation for some term To do obsequious sorrow. But to persever...

...in the dust. Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity. King. 'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet,...mourning duties to your father, But you must know that your father lost a father, That father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound In filial obligation...

...of grief That ian denote me truly. These indeed "seem". For they are artions that a man might play; But I have that within which passeth show These but the trappings and the suits of woe.24 (L2.76-86) The distinction between "artions that a man might play" and "that within which passeth...

...frolicking with his lover Ophelia or carousing with his friends, Claudius thinks his behavior is abnormal: Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning duties to your father (Hamlet, 2.2.87-8) Notice Claudius's use of the phrase "mourning duties." Certainly throughout the...