...inky cloak, good mother. Nor customary suits of solemn black. Nor windy suspiration of fore 'd breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief. That can denote me truly. These indeed seem. For they are actions that a man...

...fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected 'havior of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shows of grief, That can denote me truly: these, indeed,...play; But I have that within which passeth show; These but the trappings and the suits of woe. Claudius Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet,...

...cloak, good-mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black . . . Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief That can denote me truly. These indeed "seem,"...that a man might play; But I have that within which passes show— These but the trappings and the suits of woe. (1 .2.77—86) Hamlet's failure to consider...

...inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forc'd breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shows of grief, That can denote me truly. These indeed seem, For they are actions that a man...

...inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forc'd breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief That can denote me truly. These indeed seem, For they are actions that a man...

...visage, Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, That can denote me truly. These indeed seem, 84 For they are actions that a man might play, But I have that within which passes show — These but the trappings and the suits of woe. KING 'Tis sweet and commendable in your...

...inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forc'd breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, The Tragedie of Hamlet 17 The Hand more Instrumentall to the Mouth, Then is the Throne of Denmarke...

...in the eye, Nor the dejected 'havior of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grleF, That can denote me truly: these indeed seem, For they...play: But I have that within which passeth show; These but the trappings and the suits of woe. KING CLAUDIUS 'Tis sweet and commendable in YOUr nature, Hamlet,...

...Nay, it is. I know not 'seems'." After enumerating all the outward signs of grief, Hamlet continues: "These, indeed 'seem', / For they are actions that...But I have that within which passeth show — /These but the trappings and the suits of woe" (Hamlet 1.2.83—86). Although pretending is not merely role-playing,...

...appearance and conduct to the Queen, and Court: Seems, madam! nay, it is: I know not 'seems'. . . . these indeed seem, For they are actions that a man...play: But I have that within which passeth show; These but the trappings and the suits of woe. (1, Ü, 76-86) There is here not only a defence, but an implicit...