HORATIO
So Rosencrantz and Guildenstern went on to their deaths.
HAMLET
They loved their work, didn't they? And they should have
known well how dangerous it is when passing between the two
points of mighty opposites. Their fate was the result of
their choice as to which side to side with. I have no
conscience about them.
HORATIO
What kind of king is this?
HAMLET
It's up to me now to rule on that. He killed my king and
whored my mother; placed himself between myself and the
throne. Isn't it proper then that he be dispatched with this
arm?
HORATIO
He will find out soon enough from the king of England what
took place there.
HAMLET
The moment is mine, and it won't take more than that to take
his life.
(Beat.)
HAMLET (CONT'D)
I'm sorry I lost control of myself with Laertes. I see his
own circumstance as a duplicate image of mine.
I'll repair that. It was the show of his grief that placed
me into a fit of indignation.
HORATIO
Who is this approaching?
(Enter OSRIC, a Courtier.)
OSRIC
Your lordship is right welcome back to Denmark.
HAMLET
I humbly thank you sir. (To Horatio.) Do you know this
dainty person?
HORATIO
No, my lord, I do not.
HAMLET
He is the owner of fertile land. Let a beast own the plots
of other beasts, and the king will invite him to dine at his
table. Whatever we call him, he owns many properties.
OSRIC
(taking off hat)
Sweet lord, if you have a moment, I'd like to deliver a
message from the king.
HAMLET
And I will receive it with all diligence of spirit. Your hat
is for your head, place it back there.
So Rosencrantz and Guildenstern went on to their deaths.
HAMLET
They loved their work, didn't they? And they should have
known well how dangerous it is when passing between the two
points of mighty opposites. Their fate was the result of
their choice as to which side to side with. I have no
conscience about them.
HORATIO
What kind of king is this?
HAMLET
It's up to me now to rule on that. He killed my king and
whored my mother; placed himself between myself and the
throne. Isn't it proper then that he be dispatched with this
arm?
He will find out soon enough from the king of England what
took place there.
HAMLET
The moment is mine, and it won't take more than that to take
his life.
(Beat.)
HAMLET (CONT'D)
I'm sorry I lost control of myself with Laertes. I see his
own circumstance as a duplicate image of mine.
I'll repair that. It was the show of his grief that placed
me into a fit of indignation.
HORATIO
Who is this approaching?
(Enter OSRIC, a Courtier.)
OSRIC
Your lordship is right welcome back to Denmark.
HAMLET
I humbly thank you sir. (To Horatio.) Do you know this
dainty person?
HORATIO
No, my lord, I do not.
HAMLET
He is the owner of fertile land. Let a beast own the plots
of other beasts, and the king will invite him to dine at his
table. Whatever we call him, he owns many properties.
OSRIC
(taking off hat)
Sweet lord, if you have a moment, I'd like to deliver a
message from the king.
HAMLET
And I will receive it with all diligence of spirit. Your hat
is for your head, place it back there.
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