Sunday, March 09, 2008

Hamlet阅读手记(1)

All these words are taken from Hamlet, Act 1.

With all the vows of Heaven.
-- that's how Ophelia describes Hamlet's loyalty to her. And that's how much people believe in love.

You must not take for fire.
-- Polonius warns his daughter.

'Tis in my memory lock'd,
And you yourself shall keep the key of it.
-- Ophelia shows obedience to her father. I think this should be a perfect way to show people there importance in your mind.

The air bits shrewdly; it is very cold.
-- I like the word "bit" here.

My fate cries out.
-- Hamlet feels his own destiny. Where is mine?

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
-- Is there anything rotten in my life?

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Some other famous words.

A little more than kin, and less than kind.(1.2)

Frailty, thy name is woman!(1.2)

This above all: to thine self be true.(1.3)

The time is out of jiont - O, cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right!(1.5)

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We all have a smack of Hamlet.