Hamlet Quotes

• "To be or not to be; that is the question..."

  Act 3:Scene 1; Hamlet(soliloquy); Themes: Death & Indecision
• "If though didst ever thy dear father love"

  Act 1:Scene 5; The Ghost; Themes: Loyalty & Parental Control
• " The present death of Hamlet. Do it England "


  Act 4:Scene 3; Claudius; Themes: Loyalty & Death
• " Now might I do it pat "


  Act 3:Scene 3; Hamlet; Themes: Indecision & Death
• " How now a rat "


  Act 3:Scene 4; Hamlet; Themes: Death & Impulsiveness
• " That drop of blood that proclaims me bastard "


  Act 4:Scene 7; Laertes; Themes: Death and Parental Control
• " To post with such dexterity into incestuous sheets "

  Act 1:Scene 2; Hamlet; Themes: Loyalty
• " The funeral baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables "


  Act 1:Scene 2; Hamlet; Themes: Loyalty & Comedy
• " Come and sit you down you will not budge "


  Act 3:Scene 4; Hamlet; Themes: Parental Control & Impulsiveness
• " Put on him what forgeries you please "


  Act 2:Scene 1; Polonius; Themes: Parental Control
• " We defy Augury "


  Act 5:Scene 2; Hamlet; Themes: Impulsiveness & Death
• " I am pigeon livered and lack gall "


  Act 2:Scene 2; Hamlet; Themes: Indecision
• " It's as easy as lying "


  Act 2:Scene 2; Hamlet; Themes: Loyalty
• " Good night sweet prince and let flights of angels sing thee to thy rest "


  Act 5:Scene 2; Horatio; Themes: Loyalty & Death
• " Brevity is the soul of wit "


  Act 2:Scene 2; Polonius; Themes: Comedy
• " If you could devise it so that I might be the organ "


  Act 4:Scene 7; Laertes; Themes: Death & Impulsiveness
• " Where be your gibes now? "


  Act 5:Scene 1; Hamlet; Themes: Comedy & Death
• " Do you think I meant country matters? "


  Act 3:Scene 2; Hamlet; Themes: Comedy
• " Why what an ass am I? "


  Act 2:Scene 2; Hamlet; Themes: Indecision
• " Sith I have the cause and will and strength and means to do it "


  Act 4:Scene 4; Hamlet; Themes: Indecision