Hamlet – Character Quotes

8 quotes

Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio. A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times. But now how abhorred in my imagination it is. My gorge rises it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your jibes now? Your songs? Your gambols? Your flashes of merriment that were wont to set the table on a roar?

Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio. A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times. But now how abhorred in my imagination it is. My gorge rises it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your jibes now? Your songs? Your gambols? Your flashes of merriment that were wont to set the table on a roar?

— O, bosom, black as death! Help, angels! All may yet be well. Now he's praying, and now I'll do it. And so he goes to heaven.
— Don't talk. Just do it.
— Hey, Claudius. You killed my father. Big mistake.
— Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet is taking out the trash.
— Stay thy hand, fair prince.
— Who said I'm fair?
— No one's going to tell this sweet prince, "Good night."
— To be or not to be.
— Not to be.

- O, bosom, black as death! Help, angels! All may yet be well. Now he's praying, and now I'll do it. And so he goes to heaven.
- Don't talk. Just do it.
- Hey, Claudius. You killed my father. Big mistake.
- Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet is taking out the trash.
- Stay thy hand, fair prince.
- Who said I'm fair?
- No one's going to tell this sweet prince, "Good night."
- To be or not to be.
- Not to be.
- O, bosom, black as death! Help, angels! All may yet be well. Now he's praying, and now I'll do it. And so he goes to heaven.
- Don't talk. Just do it.
- Hey, Claudius. You killed my father. Big mistake.
- Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet is taking out the trash.
- Stay thy hand, fair prince.
- Who said I'm fair?
- No one's going to tell this sweet prince, "Good night."
- To be or not to be.
- Not to be.
- O, bosom, black as death! Help, angels! All may yet be well. Now he's praying, and now I'll do it. And so he goes to heaven.
- Don't talk. Just do it.
- Hey, Claudius. You killed my father. Big mistake.
- Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet is taking out the trash.
- Stay thy hand, fair prince.
- Who said I'm fair?
- No one's going to tell this sweet prince, "Good night."
- To be or not to be.
- Not to be.
- O, bosom, black as death! Help, angels! All may yet be well. Now he's praying, and now I'll do it. And so he goes to heaven.
- Don't talk. Just do it.
- Hey, Claudius. You killed my father. Big mistake.
- Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet is taking out the trash.
- Stay thy hand, fair prince.
- Who said I'm fair?
- No one's going to tell this sweet prince, "Good night."
- To be or not to be.
- Not to be.

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?