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Crack open your copy of Hamlet, because it's time to discuss what happens during the course of Act I. Sadly, it has nothing to do with ham.
What is the setting of Hamlet, and how does it contribute to the overall feel of the play?
What does the line "to thine own self be true" mean in the context of the play? And why do so many people use it as their senior yearbook quote? Pe...
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What does the line "to thine own self be true" mean in the context of the play? And why do so many people use it as their senior yearbook quote? Personally we like, "don't sweat the petty stuff, and don't pet the sweaty stuff." Try to beat that, Willy.
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Thank you We sneak in Shakespeare's hamlet to dine own
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cells Alas shmoop What does the line to mine own
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self be true mean in the context of the play
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It's it's a release intentions speech it's it's famous actually
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for being as as obnoxious as possible in the context
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of the play is part of this just litany of
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pieces of advice that are really dumb cliches and allow
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them contradict each other So like neither a borrower nor
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a lender be and you know dressed this way associate
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with these kinds of friends do this and that I
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mean this is being delivered from polonius to his song
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garrity's clarity's is just going all right whatever But one
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gets the sense that this advice isn't to be taken
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seriously It's more just like a hodgepodge of you know
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like dumb stuff Parents say does this quote correlate with
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a theme of bad parenting Yeah i mean definitely bad
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parenting is a theme throughout gertrude august doesn't seem to
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be a great mother hamlet seems to be older hamlet
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ghost hamlet has come back to tell young hamlet to
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take revenge for him like definitely parents you'd be using
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their kids as tools and polonius is no exception layer
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tease you want to be like a good reflection of
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him and ophelia He's always trying to manipulate her sex
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life kind of use her as a pawn What does
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the line tooth i kn own self be true mean
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in the context of the play Does this quote correlate 00:01:33.187 --> [endTime] with a theme of bad parenting No Eh
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