OPHELIA
Heavenly powers....
HAMLET
I know your rouge and lipstick well enough. God gave you one
face and you make yourselves another. You jig, you amble,
and you lisp; you nickname God's creatures, and ply your
sweetness as unfeigned. I've had enough of it--it's driven
me mad! I say we will have no more marriages! Those that
are married already--all but one--shall live; the rest shall
keep as they are. To a nunnery--go!
(Hamlet exits.)
(The King and Polonius come out from
tapestry.)
CLAUDIUS
What he said was not madness, strictly. There's something
brooding deep within him, and if it's allowed to hatch--it
very well may be dangerous.
He'll be sent to England on an errand immediately, and with
luck, the ocean and change of scene will expel the matter
from his heart.
POLONIUS
That is a most wise course of action, my lord, but I still
think it's all traced back to his love for her. Do as you
please of course, but if you will--perhaps--after the play,
allow his mother the Queen to sound out his grief. Allow
them time alone, and I'll again be witness to his words. If
we get no more truth, then to England he goes, or confine him
where you think best.
CLAUDIUS
Very well, agreed. Disturbances in great ones must not go
unwatched.
(King and Polonius begin to exit.)
POLONIUS
(calling back to Ophelia)
Ophelia, I will speak with you later.
(King and Polonius exit.)
OPHELIA
Oh what a noble mind has fallen! The soldier's, scholar's,
eye, tongue, and sword--a rose of governance--model honored
amongst the honorable--utterly destroyed! And that I, who
once relished the honey of his tune, now witnesses such sweet
bells jangled. That unmatched form of blown youth blasted
into insanity. Oh woe is me! To have seen what I have seen,
and to now see what I do!
Heavenly powers....
HAMLET
I know your rouge and lipstick well enough. God gave you one
face and you make yourselves another. You jig, you amble,
and you lisp; you nickname God's creatures, and ply your
sweetness as unfeigned. I've had enough of it--it's driven
me mad! I say we will have no more marriages! Those that
are married already--all but one--shall live; the rest shall
keep as they are. To a nunnery--go!
(Hamlet exits.)
(The King and Polonius come out from
tapestry.)
What he said was not madness, strictly. There's something
brooding deep within him, and if it's allowed to hatch--it
very well may be dangerous.
He'll be sent to England on an errand immediately, and with
luck, the ocean and change of scene will expel the matter
from his heart.
POLONIUS
That is a most wise course of action, my lord, but I still
think it's all traced back to his love for her. Do as you
please of course, but if you will--perhaps--after the play,
allow his mother the Queen to sound out his grief. Allow
them time alone, and I'll again be witness to his words. If
we get no more truth, then to England he goes, or confine him
where you think best.
CLAUDIUS
Very well, agreed. Disturbances in great ones must not go
unwatched.
(King and Polonius begin to exit.)
POLONIUS
(calling back to Ophelia)
Ophelia, I will speak with you later.
(King and Polonius exit.)
OPHELIA
Oh what a noble mind has fallen! The soldier's, scholar's,
eye, tongue, and sword--a rose of governance--model honored
amongst the honorable--utterly destroyed! And that I, who
once relished the honey of his tune, now witnesses such sweet
bells jangled. That unmatched form of blown youth blasted
into insanity. Oh woe is me! To have seen what I have seen,
and to now see what I do!
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