
Hamlet Act 3 Scene 4 - Hamlet stabs Polonius hiding behind the arras
Now, mother, what's the matter? Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended. Mother, you have my father much offended. Come, come, you answer with an idle tongue. Go, go, you question with a …
SCENE IV. The Queen's closet.
Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended. Mother, you have my father much offended. Come, come, you answer with an idle tongue. Go, go, you question with a wicked tongue. Why, how now, Hamlet! …
Hamlet: a RAT! [stabs blindly through the arras] (3.4.16-23) #InkyCloak ...
May 26, 2025 · Dead for a ducat, dead! It sounds like an oath; it emphasises that this is think first, ask questions later; a ducat isn’t quite a pin’s fee, but it’s a low price for a life, as Hamlet stabs (or …
Hamlet - Act 3, scene 4 | Folger Shakespeare Library
Jun 2, 2020 · Hamlet is Shakespeare's most popular, and most puzzling, play. It follows the form of a "revenge tragedy," in which the hero, Hamlet, seeks vengeance against his father's murderer, his …
Hamlet Navigator: Summary of Act 3, Scene 4
Hamlet is a thinking man, but here he seems to not be thinking, only reporting a strange emotional encounter with himself. He is afraid that the pitiful image of the Ghost will be so powerful in his mind …
A Rat Behind An Arras – No Pun Intended? - David Hurley In Japan
Mar 2, 2008 · “Wasn’t it an arras behind which Polonius hid when Hamlet entered his mother’s boudoir? And when Hamlet heard him didn’t he cry ‘A rat!’, and couldn’t it be that Shakespeare was …
"Polonius, the Man Behind the Arras: A Study of His Archetypal …
May 15, 2018 · Although the two sacrifices are contrasted in the play - Polonius' is truncated and Hamlet's is transcendent - both are necessary to reform and revitalize a corrupt and dying social order.
Hamlet by William Shakespeare: Act 3. Scene IV
POLONIUS hides behind the arras. Enter HAMLET. Now, mother, what's the matter? Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended. Mother, you have my father much offended. Come, come, you answer with …
Hamlet, Act III, Scene 4 :|: Open Source Shakespeare
Look you lay home to him. Much heat and him. I'll silence me even here. Pray you be round with him. Hamlet. [within] Mother, mother, mother! Gertrude. I'll warrant you; fear me not. Withdraw; I hear him …
EPISODE 100 - Behind the Arras — The Hamlet Podcast
Nov 18, 2019 · Arras is a town in northern France famous for its tapestries. Its reputation for fine such artworks dates back at least to the 14th century, and indeed the reputation grew so great that the …