{"id":9138,"date":"2025-05-29T18:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T22:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9138"},"modified":"2025-05-29T18:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T22:31:08","slug":"hamlet-act-i-scene-ii-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9138","title":{"rendered":"Hamlet Act V, Scene ii"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Hamlet<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Act V, Scene ii\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hamlet \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This text is featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=9129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">our\u00a0interview with Gideon Rappaport<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here\u00a0to <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9139\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">open up a First Folio version<\/a> in a new window to compare texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HORATIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"224\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You\u00a0will\u00a0lose,\u00a0my\u00a0lord.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HAMLET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"225\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I\u00a0do\u00a0not\u00a0think\u00a0so.\u00a0Since\u00a0he\u00a0went\u00a0into\u00a0France,\u00a0I<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>have\u00a0been\u00a0in\u00a0continual\u00a0practice.\u00a0I\u00a0shall\u00a0win\u00a0at\u00a0the<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>odds;\u00a0\u27e8but\u27e9\u00a0thou\u00a0wouldst\u00a0not\u00a0think\u00a0how\u00a0ill\u00a0all\u2019s\u00a0here<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>about\u00a0my\u00a0heart.\u00a0But\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0no\u00a0matter.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HORATIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"229\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nay,\u00a0good\u00a0my\u00a0lord\u2014<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HAMLET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"230\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It\u00a0is\u00a0but\u00a0foolery,\u00a0but\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0such\u00a0a\u00a0kind\u00a0of<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u27e8gaingiving\u27e9\u00a0as\u00a0would\u00a0perhaps\u00a0trouble\u00a0a\u00a0woman.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HORATIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"232\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If\u00a0your\u00a0mind\u00a0dislike\u00a0anything,\u00a0obey\u00a0it.\u00a0I\u00a0will<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>forestall\u00a0their\u00a0repair\u00a0hither\u00a0and\u00a0say\u00a0you\u00a0are\u00a0not\u00a0fit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HAMLET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"234\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Not\u00a0a\u00a0whit.\u00a0We\u00a0defy\u00a0augury.\u00a0There\u00a0is\u00a0\u27e8a\u27e9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>special\u00a0providence\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0fall\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0sparrow.\u00a0If\u00a0it\u00a0be<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u27e8now,\u27e9\u00a0\u2019tis\u00a0not\u00a0to\u00a0come;\u00a0if\u00a0it\u00a0be\u00a0not\u00a0to\u00a0come,\u00a0it\u00a0will\u00a0be<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>now;\u00a0if\u00a0it\u00a0be\u00a0not\u00a0now,\u00a0yet\u00a0it\u00a0\u27e8will\u27e9\u00a0come.\u00a0The<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>readiness\u00a0is\u00a0all.\u00a0Since\u00a0no\u00a0man\u00a0of\u00a0aught\u00a0he\u00a0leaves<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>knows,\u00a0what\u00a0is\u00a0\u2019t\u00a0to\u00a0leave\u00a0betimes?\u00a0Let\u00a0be.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamlet\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Act V, Scene ii\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hamlet \u00a0 This text is featured in our\u00a0interview with Gideon Rappaport. Click here\u00a0to open up a First Folio version in a new window to compare texts. 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