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The rest is scilence.
Never ceases to amaze me. Shakespeare is one of those rare gems who compells you to think about your own experiences, when reading his work.
Not only is Hamlet a tragedy, its the only play of his where the central character goes through such indecisiveness and internal turmoil, that it makes him human and easy to relate to.
No matter how many times I read this, I discover hidden meanings and understand the prose at a deeper level.
Favorite bit of the play is when Hamlet is crushed because his friends think they can get away with using lies to control him and spy behind his back :
HAMLET: It is as easy as lying. Govern these ventages with our fingers and thumb, give it breath with your mouth, and it will discourse most eloquent music. Look you, these are the stops.
GUILDENSTERN: But these cannot I command to any utterance of harmony. I have not the skill.
HAMLET: Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me! You would play upon me, you would seem to know my stops, you would pluck out the heart of my mystery, you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass, and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak. ‘Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe? Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me.???
Favorite soliloquy, he as a rollercoaster of emotions in this one :
O, What A Rogue And Peasant Slave Am I
Till we meet again, adieu sweet prince.