 | Jan H. Blits - Drama - 2001 - 420 pages
...what he does: Yet I, A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause, And can say nothing — no, not for a king, Upon whose...property and most dear life A damn'd defeat was made. (2.2.561-66) Hamlet blames himself for "say[ing] nothing," not for doing nothing. Unlike the actor,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2001 - 212 pages
...life 509 A damned defeat was made. Am I a coward? 510 Who calls me villain? breaks my pate across? 511 Plucks off my beard and blows it 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... | |
 | Herbert Blau - Performing Arts - 2002 - 378 pages
...self, its mockery. The pure subjectivity of him, captive to the self, rages:] TOM: Yet I, yet I, I, am I a coward? Who calls me villain? breaks my pate...in my face? Tweaks me by the nose? gives me the lie i 'the throat As deep as to the lungs? Who does me this? KAR: You are merry, my lord TOM: Who, I? KAR:... | |
 | Janet Hill - Drama - 2002 - 266 pages
...pinners, stood close to them asking them to admire their work, asking them where the missing hammer was. Am I a coward? Who calls me villain, breaks my pate...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? (2.2.571-5) [my italics] Here Hamlet instructs... | |
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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? 
