...something to say?" Pescecane smiled viciously. " 'To expostulate what majesty should be, what duty is, what day is day, night night, and time is time, were nothing but to waste night, day and time.' " "Well, Hamlet," said Weissmann condescendingly. "Every schoolboy knows Hamlet, Anthony." "Then what's...

...aphorism, "Brevity is a virtue." In Act 2 of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Polonius took this adage to heart: *• Since brevity is the soul of wit, and tediousness...the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief." A person known for brevity might be described as pithy, sententious, terse, laconic, or succinct. CALLOW...

...(2.2.86-90), and, then, while drawing an explicit conclusion ("Therefore"), and introducing two new premises ("[S]ince brevity is the soul of wit, / And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes" [2.2.90-91]), promising to "be brief" (2.2.92). Polonius manages to use sententious expression, as...

...target — possibly as a result of their failed ja'chuq against Khamlet Senior, alluded to in I 1.) since brevity is the soul of wit, / and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes: lit. since sharpshooting in a speech acts as the soul's core to wisdom, and boring speeches act merely...

...a communicable and forward impetus, but only the outward form of set speeches. Polonius knows that "brevity is the soul of wit, / And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes" (2.2.91-92), but cannot give substance to his theory: Polonius: I will be brief. Your noble son is...

...Polonius proves the most egregious, coming off as a mere parody of the Humanist scholar-statesman: My liege, and madam, to expostulate What majesty should...flourishes, I will be brief. Your noble son is mad.... (2.2.86-92) Gertrude's response, "more matter, with less art" (2.2.95) immediately deflates such empty...

...whom does he speak? (ii) What has just happened? (iii) What does the speaker decide to do next? D5 My liege and madam, to expostulate What majesty should...the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief. (i) Who is the speaker? (ii) Who does he call 'My liege and madam'? (iii) What has he really come to...

...we'll feast together. Most welcome home! Exeunt the ambassadors POLONIUS This business is well ended. My liege and madam, to expostulate What majesty should...time. Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, 90 And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief. Your noble son is mad. Mad call...

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...we'll feast together. Most welcome home! Exeunt Ambassadors. POLONIUS: This business is well ended. 85 My liege, and madam, to expostulate What majesty should...is, Why day is day, night night, and time is time, Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, 90 And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I...