

With, ho! such bugs and goblins in my life, Importing Denmark’s health and England’s too, Larded with many several sorts of reasons Their grand commission where I found, Horatio,– Groped I to find out them had my desire.įinger’d their packet, and in fine withdrew

My sea-gown scarf’d about me, in the dark When our deep plots do pall: and that should teach us Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well, Rashly,Īnd praised be rashness for it, let us know, That would not let me sleep: methought I lay Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting, So much for this, sir: now shall you see the other All Acts and Scenes are listed on the original Hamlet text page, or linked to from the bottom of this page. Shakespeare’s original Hamlet text is extremely long, so we’ve split the text into one Scene per page. This page contains the original text of Hamlet Act 5, Scene 2. Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order. Plays It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 15.I believe this is the reason that we’ve been sent on guard duty, and the primary source of all the recent hustle and bustle in Denmark. They’re willing to give their courage to the effort of forcefully regaining the lands the elder Fortinbras lost. For no pay other than food on the outskirts of Norway. Now, Fortinbras’ son, young Fortinbras, who is daring but has yet to prove himself, has hastily gathered a group lawless brutes. By that same agreement, our king bet lands of equal value that he would have had to give up had he been defeated.
#Horatio i am dead full#
During that fight, our courageous Hamlet (as we Danes thought of him) killed old King Fortinbras, who-on the basis of a signed and sealed agreement and in full accordance with the law and rules of combat- surrendered, along with his life, all the lands he possessed to his conqueror. Fortinbras challenged him to hand-to-hand combat. At least, I can tell you the rumors: the greatness of our former king-whose ghost just now appeared to us-inspired the competitive pride of King Fortinbras of Norway. And this, I take it, Is the main motive of our preparations, The source of this our watch, and the chief head Of this posthaste and rummage in the land.

Now, sir, young Fortinbras, Of unimprovèd mettle hot and full, Hath in the skirts of Norway here and there Sharked up a list of lawless resolutes, For food and diet, to some enterprise That hath a stomach in ’t, which is no other- As it doth well appear unto our state- But to recover of us, by strong hand And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands So by his father lost. At least, the whisper goes so: our last king, Whose image even but now appeared to us, Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway, Thereto pricked on by a most emulate pride, Dared to the combat in which our valiant Hamlet (For so this side of our known world esteemed him) Did slay this Fortinbras, who by a sealed compact Well ratified by law and heraldry, Did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands Which he stood seized of to the conqueror, Against the which a moiety competent Was gagèd by our king, which had returned To the inheritance of Fortinbras Had he been vanquisher, as, by the same covenant And carriage of the article designed, His fell to Hamlet.
