...alone my inky cloak, good mother. Nor customary suits of solemn black. Nor windy suspiration of fore 'd breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor...dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief. That can denote me truly. These indeed seem. For they are actions that a man...

...in the play expresses a paradigraatically skeptical point of view, that of the archetypal outsider: 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother. Nor customary suits of solemn black. Nor windy suspiration of fore 'd breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye. Nor the dejected haviour of the visage. Together...

...rebuking her for the same, emphatically denies that he knows "seeming": Seems, madam? Nay, it is. I know not "seems." Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,...dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shows of grief, That can denote me truly. These indeed seem, For they are actions that a man...

...immediately demonstrated when he says to the Queen: Seems, Madam? Nay, it is. I know not 'seems'. "Pis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary...dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief That can denote me truly. These indeed seem, For they are actions that a man...

...madam, it is common. If it be, Why seems it so particular with thee? 'Seems', madam? Nay, it is; I know not 'seems'. 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,...in the eye, Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, The Tragedie of Hamlet 17 The Hand more Instrumentall to the Mouth, Then is the Throne of Denmarke...

...common. Gertrude If it be, Why seems it so particular with thee? Hamlet Seems, madam ! nay it is; I know not 'seems.' Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,...nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected 'havior of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shows of grief, That can denote me truly: these,...

...common. QUEEN If it be, Why seems it so particular with thee? HAMLET Seems, madam? Nay, it is. I know not "seems." 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,...customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forced breath, so No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, 8i Nor the dejected havior of the visage,...

...Limits of Language', Shakespeare Survey, 24 (Cambridge, 1971), pp. 19-3°accurately demonstrate: ' Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary...dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, That can denote me truly. These indeed seem, For they are actions that a man...

...common. Queen If it be, 75 Why seems it so particular with thee? Hamlet Seems, madam? Nay, it is. I know not 'seems'. 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,...solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forc'd breath, 80 No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all...

...alone my inky cloak, good-mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of foreed breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor...dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shows of grief That can denote me truly. These indeed 'seem', For they are actions that a man...