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  2. Phrases from Hamlet in common English - Wikipedia

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    Toggle Act V subsection. 4.1 Scene 1. 4.2 Scene 2. 5 See also. 6 References. ... Hamlet Act 2, scene 2, 431–440 ...brevity is the soul of wit, Though this be ...

  3. Laertes (Hamlet) - Wikipedia

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    In the next scene (act 5, scene 2), King Claudius arranges a fencing match between Hamlet and Laertes. Laertes uses his sharp, poisoned sword instead of a bated (dull) sword. The King provides a poisoned drink as a backup measure. Before the match begins, Hamlet apologises publicly to Laertes for the wrongs he has dealt him.

  4. List of translations of works by William Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    Hamlet: Peter Verstegen Amsterdam: 2018 9789025370527, 9025370527 1079229341 Estonian Taani Prints Hamlet: A.F. Tombach-Kaljuvald Tartu: 1930 924373442 Finnish Hamlet: Paavo Cajanderin Charleston: 2014 9781502465009 German Hamlet: Norbert Greiner Tübingen: 2006 9783860575673 214348716 Haitian Creole Hamlèt (Prens Denmak) Nicole Titus ...

  5. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - Wikipedia

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    An ambassador from England arrives on the scene to bluntly report "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead" (Hamlet. Act V, Scene II, line 411); they join the stabbed, poisoned and drowned key characters. By the end of Hamlet, Horatio is the only main figure left alive.

  6. Hamlet - Wikipedia

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    Under their referencing system, 3.1.55 means act 3, scene 1, line 55. References to the First Quarto and First Folio are marked Hamlet Q1 and Hamlet F1, respectively, and are taken from the Arden Shakespeare Hamlet: the texts of 1603 and 1623. [54] Their referencing system for Q1 has no act breaks, so 7.115 means scene 7, line 115.

  7. Infinite Jest - Wikipedia

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    The novel gets its name from Hamlet, Act V, Scene 1, in which Hamlet holds the skull of the court jester, Yorick, and says, "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!" [18]

  8. Yorick - Wikipedia

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    Yorick is an unseen character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.He is the dead court jester whose skull is exhumed by the First Gravedigger in Act 5, Scene 1, of the play. . The sight of Yorick's skull evokes a reminiscence by Prince Hamlet of the man, who apparently played a role during Hamlet's upbringin

  9. The Gravediggers - Wikipedia

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    The characters in Act 5 scene 1 approach the topic this time with dark comedy, and in doing so bring up an entirely different theme. The parody of legal jargon used by the pair of clowns continues the theme of the corruption of politics, as seen in the usurpation of the throne by Claudius (which should have belonged to prince Hamlet) upon King ...