...戲的目的， 從古到今． 一直都好比是舉起鏡子反映自然; ． Suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature. For anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and...

...kind that he warns against in his advice to the players when he enjoins them to "suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special...observance: that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature" (3.2.17-19): Bloody; bawdy villain! Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain! O, vengeance!...

...playing, 'as if the personator were the thing personated' (Heywood, Apology, p. 250). 'Suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature', says Hamlet (3.2.15-16), in an informal, relaxed speech which invites this kind of delivery. The supreme...

...the groundlings, who for the most part are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb-shows and noise, Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...observance: That you o'erstep not the modesty of nature. For anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and...

...o'erdoing Termagant, it out-herods Herod, pray you avoid it. i PLAYER I warrant your honour. HAMLET Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end 20 both at the first, and now, was and...

...author in the world Teaches such beauty as a woman's eye? SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet, m, 2. BEAUTY AND ART 7. Let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action...observance that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature; for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and...

...performed 'action' and written 'word' (III, ii, 17-9). As the famous phrase goes, 'Suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature.' This indeed was sound advice, except that, upon scrutiny, what appears a cogent and altogether impartial...

...and for abstractions which become stiff and formal images: 'let your own discretion be your tutor', 'with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature.' The language throughout is pleonastic, as in most of the images, or this doublet - 'acquire and beget',...

...1945, p.326). This, in Hamlet 3, ii, is Hamlet's recommendation to the players: 'Suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special...observance: that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature. For anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and...

...advises the actors on how to play their parts. Hamlet's instructions to the players Suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature; for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and...