Hamlet Help: "Lord, we know what we are, but not what we may be." What act and scene?
dbedau
is"Lord, we know what we are, but not what we may be"? I thought it
was in Hamlet's "How all occasions speech, but was wrong. Help!
Thanks.
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<dbe...@nccj.org> writes:
>Does anyone know by heart what act, scene and line # this quote
>is"Lord, we know what we are, but not what we may be"? I thought it
>was in Hamlet's "How all occasions speech, but was wrong. Help!
>Thanks.
Curiously, though it sounds so promising and wise out of context, it's part of
Ophelia's mad scene.
Oph. Pray you mark.
(Sings) White his shroud as the mountain snow-
Enter King.
Queen. Alas, look here, my lord!
Oph. (Sings)
Larded all with sweet flowers;
Which bewept to the grave did not go
With true-love showers.
King. How do you, pretty lady?
Oph. Well, God dild you! They say the owl was a baker's daughter.
* * * * *
Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be. God be at
your table!
* * * * *
King. Conceit upon her father.
Oph. Pray let's have no words of this; but when they ask, you what
it means, say you this:
(Sings) To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,
All in the morning bedtime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine.
Then up he rose and donn'd his clo'es
And dupp'd the chamber door,
Let in the maid, that out a maid
Never departed more.
King. Pretty Ophelia!
Source is _Hamlet_, IV.v. 43-44 (Riverside edition line numbering)
--Ann
Ray Lischner
>Does anyone know by heart what act, scene and line # this quote
>is"Lord, we know what we are, but not what we may be"? I thought it
>was in Hamlet's "How all occasions speech, but was wrong. Help!
Ophelia says it in Hamlet, 4.5.43
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Ray Lischner, http://www.bardware.com
co-author (with John Doyle) of Shakespeare for Dummies
Dan Archer
dbedau wrote in message ...
>Does anyone know by heart what act, scene and line # this quote
>is"Lord, we know what we are, but not what we may be"? I thought it
>was in Hamlet's "How all occasions speech, but was wrong. Help!
>--
>Posted via Talkway - http://www.talkway.com
>Exchange ideas on practically anything (tm).
>
Look it up, dammit! What do you expect us to do, memorize the
play just to save you the troble of reading it?
LAZY STUDENT!
Symposium1
<rch...@astragate.net> writes:
Way to leap to conclusions, Dan. Given that the original post bore the
nccj.org address, I associated the request as being from someone affiliated
with the National Conference for Community and Justice. I guess I just find
something ironic in your hostile reply.
But don't 'troble' yourself over it.
--Ann