Thursday, September 29, 2011
Hamlet Question #4
In Act IV, scene vii, Claudius says, "That we would do should do when we would; for this 'would' changes and hath abatements and delays as many as there are tongues, are hands, are accidents; and then this 'should' is like a spendthrift sigh that hurts by easing." How does this quote relate to Hamet?
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It relates to Hamlet because he delays killing the king even tho he killed his father.
-Sarah Annibali
Hamlet procrastinates his killing of Claudius, he should have right away, but was unable to. This leads to the final scene's tragedy.
^^^^Kyle Azzara
This relates to Hamlet because he is always thinking about what he should do but he procrastinates killing Claudius. In the end it only hurts Hamlet that he waited so long to get revenge.
Kelly
hamlet delayed killing the king
Nate Sutherland
no clue. that was seriously confusing. i think that whole quote was a contradiction.
Hamlet procrastinated killing the king which eventually leads to his downfall. He should've listened to the ghost like the rest of us...
Hamlet takes too long to kill Claudius and this quote is representative of his actions. It is similar to Hamlet's quote before he is going to fence with laertes. He basically says if something is meant to happen it will, and he has no control over it.
This relates to the story, because the quote is a perfect way of stating Hamlet's indecision. He is showing that the concepts of would and should are arbitrary, and that Hamlet's indecision results from his inability to adapt the abstract and subjective concepts in his mind to the generalized versions normally held by others.
-Connor
It relates to Hamlet as the quote is talking about procrastinating which Hamlet does a lot. If Hamlet had just straight up killed Claudius in the beginning the play would had turned out differently.
This qoute relates to Hamlet because it tells us how Hamlet delayed and waited far too long to kill the king.
I'm not entirely sure what this even means, but judging by people's comments it has something to do with Hamlet and his indecisiveness.
Because of his procrastination he did not kill Claudius, and he should have listened to the ghost and not let the plot get the better of him. This leads to the final scenes tragedy.
It relates to Hamlet because he was constantly procrastinating about killing Claudius, and didn't kill him till the very end until it was too late. If he would have killed the king sooner the tragedy would never have had to happen.
The quote refers to Hamlet and his procrastination toward the murder of his uncle
Hamlet waited forever to try to kill the king.
The King says this quote and it relates to Hamlet because it is a contradiction. Hamlet loves to contradict himself.
hamlet waits to kill claudius which brings his death which could have been avoided if he would have just killed claudius in the beginning of the play
The procrastinating leads to the plays tragedy and the final result is Hamlets death. The play ends with Hamlet getting his revenge but because of his indecision he gets killed too.
-Josh S.
This can relate to Hamlet because he hesitated in killing Claudius and over thought things too much.
This pertains to Hamlet because of his lack of urgency and extreme procrastination of killing his uncle for the ghost of his father
This quote relates to Hamlet because it explains him a bit. Hamlet has this battle with 'woulds' and 'shoulds' and these are his downfall in making decisive decisions that he needs to make in order to fulfill his purpose.
This applies to hamlet because he procrastinates about killing Claudius and he accidentally kill Polonius not knowing who he was
It relates to Hamlet because of how Hamlet delays killing Claudius for so long.
Basically, if Hamlet should not have delayed killing Cladius.
Ellie T.
Marissa Carangelo posted below...
this quote relates to Hamlet's indecision to kill Claudius. He doesn't have to but he wants to. Hamlet had trouble actually killing Claudius
It relates to Hamlet because he talks about killing the King and at one point he wants to do it but he can't. He keeps putting if off till the very end of the movie.
Hamlet kept putting of his plans to kill the king and eventually it caught up with him and led to his downfall. If he had acted sooner like the ghost wanted him to he may have escaped his fate.
This quote applies to Hamlet because it shows that Hamlet is indecisive. He kept putting off killing Claudius which results in his death. He should have done it as soon as he saw the ghost, but he couldn't.
Hamlet should not of waited to kill him. He needed to kill him right away instead of procrastinating.
Hamlet procrastinates his killing of Claudius, he should have right away, but was unable to. This leads to the tragedy at the end of the play.
Majority votes. Hamlet continued to delay killing Claudius. He procrastinated way too much.
It relates to Hamlet because he kept delaying his killing of Claudius which eventually hurt himself in the end.
Hamlet procrastinated in killing Claudius too long.
It relates to Hamlet because like every stated, he procrastinated to much. This lead to his downfall because it allowed the King to strategize against him and eventually everyone ends up dying.
No point in reiterating. Everyone else has got it.
This relates to Hamlet because he waits and delays killing Claudius instead of acting. And because he didn't act when he could, he missed his opportunity and ended up dead at the end instead of being the next king.
It relates to Hamlet because Hamlet procrastinates so much when plotting to kill Claudius.
T.J. Cole
The basis of this entire quote is the fact that you should not procrastinate which obviously relates to Hamlet because that is one of his major tragic flaws
it is saying that we should do things when we have the chance and not procrastinate and this is true in Hamlet because he procrastinates with killing Claudius and in the end things go wrong.
Procrastination killed the cat.
Hamlet knows what he should do but doesn't want to do it because he is a coward.
Hamlet is a coward to what he must do.
Hamlet procrastinated too much gving Claudius the time to plot against his life, but if he would have acted much sooner he would have survived.
There is not much to say about this quote but the obvious fact that Hamlet waited too long and his indecisiveness might be the reason he is now dead... :)
It relates because Hamlet doubts that he should kill his uncle. And he keeps procrastinating it, even though he should just do it.
Hamlet should have killed Claudius right away instead of procrastinating. By procrastinating, Hamlet opens up the possibility of unexpected events getting in the way of killing Claudius, which could make the deed harder.
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