 | Karen Newman - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 168 pages
...unpregnant of my cause, And can say nothing - no, not for a king, Upon whose property and most dear life 565 A damn'd defeat was made. Am I a coward? Who calls...in my face, Tweaks me by the nose, gives me the lie i'th' throat As deep as to the lungs - who does me this ? 570 Ha! 'Swounds, I should take it: for it... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2005 - 896 pages
...my cause, And can say nothing; no, not for a king, Upon whose property and most dear life A damned defeat was made: am I a coward? Who calls me villain,...in my face Tweaks me by the nose, gives me the lie i'th'throat As deep as to the lungs — who does me this, Ha, 'swounds, I should take it: for it cannot... | |
 | Margreta de Grazia - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 267 pages
...When Hamlet asks, "Who calls me villain?", he is using the word in a different though related sense: Who calls me villain, breaks my pate across, Plucks...in my face Tweaks me by the nose, gives me the lie i'th'throat As deep as to the lungs — who does me this? (2. 2. 567-70) Claudius' villainy is apparent... | |
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A damn'd defeat was made. Am I a coward? Who calls me villain? breaks my pate across? Plucks off my beard, and blows it in my face ? Tweaks me by the nose? gives me the lie i' the throat, As deep as to the lungs? 
