...gentleman. This presence knows, and you must needs have heard, How I am punish'd with a* sore distraction. speare Was Ч Hamlet wrong'd Laertes ? Never, Hamlet : If Hamlet from himself be ta'en away, And when he 's...

...gentleman. This presence knows, and you must needs have heard, How I am punish'd with a* sore distraction. e Was' t Hamlet wrong'd Laertes? Never, Hamlet: If Hamlet from himself be ta'en away, And when he 's...

...themselves.] Out of their wits. So Festus said to Paul, 'Thou art beside thyself;' and Hamlet even says 'If Hamlet from himself be ta'en away, and when he's...not himself, does wrong Laertes, then Hamlet does it rioV v. 2. And then we will deliver you the cause, Why I, that did love Caesar when I struck him, Have...

...[heard, This presence** knows, and you. must needs have How I am punish'd with a sore distraction. What I have done, That might your nature, honour,...exception, Roughly awake, I here proclaim was madness. Was 't Hamlet wrong'd Laertes f Never, Hamlet : If Hamlet from himself be ta'en away, And, when he...

...gentleman. This presence knows, And you must needs have heard, how I am punish'd With sore distraction. What I have done, That might your nature, honour,...Hamlet denies it. Who does it then ? His madness. If't be so, Hamlet is of the faction that is wrong'd ; His madness is poor Hamlet's enemy. Sir, in...

...fighting with Laertes Was't Hamlet wronged Laertes? Never Hamlet. If Hamlet from himself be ta 'en away, And when he's not himself does wrong Laertes,...madness. If t be so, Hamlet is of the faction that is wronged; His madness is poor Hamlet's enemy. (V.ii) As Shakespeare's more erudite spectators would...

...him explicitly in his address to Laertes before the commencement of the duel: Was't Hamlet wronged Laertes? Never Hamlet. If Hamlet from himself be ta'en...Laertes, Then Hamlet does it not, Hamlet denies it. Though these Unes made Dr Johnson uncomfortable,14 that Laertes can say while dying 'Exchange forgiveness...

...stripped away, that Titus was not Titus at all: Was't Hamlet wrong'd Laertes? Never Hamlet. If I lamlet from himself be ta'en away. And when he's not himself...Laertes, Then Hamlet does it not, Hamlet denies it. (v. 11.225-8) Racine's characters have the advantage of short memories. This wimpish Titus becomes...

...Hamlet wrongd Laertes ? neuer Hamlet, if Hamlet from himselfe bee tane away And when hee's not himselfe does wrong Laertes, then Hamlet does it not, Hamlet denies it, who does it then? his madness. Ift be soe, Hamlet is of ye faction y* is wrongd, His madness is poore Hamlets enemie. Out of ye Tragedy...

...whom Socrates wished to displace. They were certainly around in the Renaissance - as witness Hamlet: Was't Hamlet wrong'd Laertes? Never Hamlet: If Hamlet...does it not, Hamlet denies it. Who does it, then? His madness.s So says the Prince in Act V, assuring us that he is no longer the same person who murdered...