SPEECH+ACT+V

Page 247 Line 124-126 Hamlet: I think it be thine indeed, for thou liest in't. Gravedigger: You lie out on 't, sir, and therefore 'tis not yours. For my part, i do not lie in 't, yet it is mine.

Here Hamlet and the Gravediggers play on words give the word lie a double meanings. Hamlet originally asks who's grave he is digging and since the gravedigger is digging it he has said it was his. For which Hamlet calls him a liar. This whole exchange is important because in this time period it mattered more about where you were seated in the hierarchy, and not how intellectual you were. This contest of words between Hamlet and the Gravedigger is a prime example of all this because it shows the Gravedigger being just as intellectual as Hamlet yet he would never get the opportunities that Hamlet does.

Page 287 Line 363-365 Hamlet: On Fortinbras; he has my dying voice. So tell him, with th' occurrents, more and less, Which have solicited-- the rest is silence.

Here Hamlet tells Horatio that it is okay for Fortinbras to take over the kingdom, seeing as how Hamlet is about to die and can not do it himself. This part is important because it is Hamlet's last duty as the prince to put his kingdom into good hands. This also shows of what an honorable man Hamlet was because his last thoughts were not of his dead father or mother, or about the fact that he was dying, but of his country and the people.

Page 259 lines 297-298 Hamlet: "Let Hercules himself do what he may, The cat will mew, and dog will have his day. This is important not only because it is a rupture point in the play because of the rhyme, but also because here Hamlet is basically telling us that things will happen as they will. He's saying that everyone, Laertes, the Queen and the King can all do and say what they want but he will still have his moment in the end. At the end of this all he will still reveal his uncle as the one who murdered his father.

**Act V scene I pg. 245 line76-81 (By Sehar Fatima)** **“That skull had a tongue in it and could sing once. How the knave jowls it to the ground as if ‘twere cane’s jawbone, that did the first murder! This might be the pate of a politician which this ass now o’erreaches, one that would circumvent God, might it not?** **In this particular line, Hamlet is talking to Haratio about the dead bodies that the gravedigger digs out. Hamlet realizes that in the end there is nothing left of human. This line also suggests that Hamlet might be thinking about himself and what will happen to him. When he says that the “skull had a tongue in it and could sing once” he brings up a part of communication and thinks about how the skull could talk and sing once, but now there is nothing left of it.** **Act V scene I Pg.259 line 290-294** **“This is mere madness; And thus awhile the fit will work on him. Anon, as patient as the female dove When that her golden couplets are disclosed, His silence will sit drooping.”** **In this scene Hamlet finds out about Ophelia’s death and he is very angry. Hamlet and Laertes get into an argument and queen is stunned by Hamlet’s behavior. In this line the queen says that Hamlet is very angry right now and when he calms down he will be as “patient and the female dove.” Communication is brought up when she says that “His silence will sit drooping” this phrase suggests that Hamlets previous speech about Ophelia pierced the queen’s heart and now she says that he is mad and will eventually be at peace. This motif is also very important because it could help the reader’s to foreshadow as to what might end up happening to Hamlet.** **Act V scene II pg.289 line 400-409** **“Of that I shall have also cause to speak, And from his mouth whose voice will draw on more. But let this same be presently performed Even while men’s minds are wild, lest more mischance On plots and errors happen.” “Let us four captains… The soldier’s music and the rite of war Speak loudly for him.” ** **In these last few lines again the motif of communication is brought up. Haratio wants to tell everyone the story of Hamlet. When he says “from his mouth whose voice will draw on more” he means that Hamlet’s decisions will also influence the choices that other people will make in the future. Then Fortinbras compliments Hamlet and says if Hamlet had a chance he would have been the “most royal” and that is why “The soldier’s music and the rite of war speak loudly of him.” This line is very important because it sums up the entire play and concludes it, giving Hamlet a heroic appearance. The motif of communication appears over and over again until the end of the play. By: Sehar Fatima**

Alex Blok Act V scene I page 255 lines 275-277 This line goes along with the speech motif because it was thought that Ophelia went crazy basically because she had lost her father and the man she loved, being Hamlet. When Hamlet had been upset with her earlier he had told her that he did not love her. So now, his true feelings come out and he is too late. She is dead and gone. It makes the reader wonder if he had said this earlier would Ophelia still have been alive.
 * "Hamlet. I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum. What wilt thou do for her?"**

Act V scene II page 281 line 296 The drink that this is referring to is the poisoned one that the King wanted to give to Hamlet so he would die, but since Hamlet did not accept the drink Gertrude decides that she will have it. This line goes with the motif of speech and what is spoken and unspoken because the King can not simply say don't drink it, theres poison in it so that I could kill your son. This would be a confession that he was going to murder Hamlet. This would show that he was capable of murder and show that he could also be guilty of King Hamlet's death as well. So instead, by lack of informing Gertrude of the poison she drinks and then dies. If he had said the drink is poisoned Gertrude would have been alive at the end most likely.
 * "King. Gertrude, do not drink."**

Act V scene I page 255 lines 229-237 In this quote basically the doctor says that Ophelia may have killed herself and that she does not deseve a proper Christian burial; infact he even says that she should have remained burried in unsanctified ground until judgment day came. This is a very harsh comment and it hurts all those who knew Ophelia. This ties in with the motif of the spoken and unspoken though, because it really is unsure what exactly happened in Ophelia's drowning whether it was on purpose or it was on accident, but the doctor speaks very strongly about his opinion on her death and his beliefs of what her fate should be. It also ties into this motif because he refuses her to have a burial ceremony in which there is a speech and such, so this is the unspoken.
 * "Doctor. Her obsequies have been far enlarged as we have warranty. Her death was doubtlful, and, but that great command o'ersways the order, she should in ground unsanctified been lodged till the last triumph. For charitable prayers, shards, flints, and pebbles should be thrown on her. Yet here she is allowed her virgin crants, her maiden strewments, and the bringing home of bell and burial."**