"Or that the Everlasting , had not fixed his cannon, gainst self-slaughter." pg 42
Hamlet wishes that suicide was not a sin.
100
" Though yet of Hamlet our dear brothers death our memory be green;" 34
Although the death of my brother King Hamlet is still fresh in my mind...
100
" cast thy nighted colour off"
Stop being so sad!
100
" Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportioned thought his act."
Do not say what you are thinking or do things without thinking about the consequences first
100
" A for Hamlet and the trifling of his favors,...
A violet in the youth of primy nature,
Forward , not permanent, sweet not lasting,"
Think of Hamlet's affection towards you as a passing crush, not something that is real or lasting.
200
"How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!"
Life seems meaningless to me.
200
"With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage,
in equal scale weighing delight and dole,
taken to wife." 34
Our sadness over the king's death and happiness about getting married were equally balanced.
200
"let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark"
Be more friendly to you uncle
200
" The friends thou hast, and their adoptions tried,
Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel,
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment of
Of each new-hatched, unfledged comrade."
Keep the friends who have proven themselves to you close and be careful of new unproven friends.
200
" His greatness weighed, his will is not his own,
For he himself is subject to his birth,
He may not as unvalued persons do,
Carve for himself"
Hamlet is the prince and he cannot make decisions on his own because he is going to be the new king and his decisions effect the entire country.
300
"So excellent a king, that was to this Hyperion to a satyr;"
My father was like a god and uncle is like a beast.
300
" young Fortinbras,
Holding a weak supposal of our worth,
or thinking by our late dear brother's death,
Our state to be disjoint and out of frame" 34
The son of the dead king of Norway, looks at our country as weak and vulnerable because of the death of King Hamlet.
300
"Thou know'st 'tis common: all that lives must die
passing through nature to eternity"
You know everyone and everything must go through life and die , and then continue to the afterlife.
300
"Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but being in,
Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee."
Do not look for fights , but if you are forced to fight make sure your opponent wished he never started it.
300
"The weigh what loss your honor may sustain,
If with to credent ear you list his songs,"
Think about the damage to your reputation,
if you get involved with Hamlet and then he leaves you.
400
"A little month , or ere those shoes were old
With which she followed my poor father's body"
My mother remarried so soon after my father died, the shoes she wore to the funeral were still new.
400
"But you must know your father lost a father,
That father lost, lost his;" 40
Your father had to deal with the death of his father as did your grandfather
400
" Why seems it so particular with thee?"
Why is dealing with your father's death seem so hard for you?
400
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For a loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry"
Do not lend or borrow because if you loan money to a friend and he does not pay you back you lose your money and your friend and getting in the habit of borrowing is irresponsible.
400
"Fear it, Ophelia, fear it my dear sister,
And keep in the rear of your affection
Out of shot and danger of desire."
54
Be fearful of what may happen if you allow his affection to get to you.
500
"A beast that wants discourse for reason would have mourned longer.."
Animals who cannot reason wait longer to find a new mate.
500
"And with no less nobility of love
That which dearest father bears his son
Do I impart towards you." 40
I will treat you as a any loving father treats his beloved son
500
" I pray thee, stay with us" 40
Please do not go back to school (Wittenburg), stay home with us.
500
"This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man"
Most importantly , be honest to yourself
and as sure as the night follows the day you will always be honest to others
500
" Be wary then: Best safety lies in fear.
Youth itself rebels, though non else near."
Be careful, you are better off being safe than sorry,
people make poor decisions when they are young.