“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
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Grieving for the recent death of his beloved father and appalled by his mother's quick remarriage to his uncle, Hamlet, heir to the Danish throne, struggles with conflicting emotions, particularly after his father's ghost appeals to him to avenge his death.
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John Marsden
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“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
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“Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.”
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“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
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“To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing e...”
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“Sweets to the sweet.”
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“To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing e...”
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“There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will.”
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“Dying's a fearful popular activity these days so we often double 'em up.”
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“Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear; Where little fears grow great, great love grows there.”
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“Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my tears.”
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“A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear.”
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“This above all: to thine own self be true.”
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“ROSENCRANTZ My lord, you must tell us where the body is, and go with us to the king. HAMLET The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body. The king is a thing - GUILDENSTERN A...”
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“Where is Polonius? HAMLET In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other place yourself. But if indeed you find him not within this month, you sha...”
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“The rest, is silence.”
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“Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love .”
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“O, that this too too solid flesh would melt Thaw and resolve itself into a dew! Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! How weary, stale, flat and...”
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“And will 'a not come again? And will 'a not come again? No, no, he is dead, Go to thy death bed: He will never come again.”
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“HAMLET [...] we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service, two dishes, but to one table; that's the end....”
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