In thisof
,reveals his flaw of hesitation. He
berates himself for not being more passionate in nature
after noticing how an
actor can generate more intense feeling on a stage than he can seem to
do.
...What would he do,
Had he the
motive and
the cue for passion
That I have? He would drown the
stage with tears
And
cleave the general ear with horrid speech;
Make mad the guilty and appal the free,
Confound the
ignorant, and amaze indeed
The very faculties of eyes and
ears.(2.2.516-522)
berates himself for
lacking
courage,
Yet I,(560)
/>A dull and muddy-mettled
rascal, peak
Like John-a-dreams,
unpregnant of my cause
And, he wonders
if he is a coward since he cannot work up enough passion,
And can say nothing; no, not for a king
....Am I
a coward? (2.2.537-538)
As he does repeatedly, Hamlet
urges himself to take action--"About
my brain"; he berates himself,
O,
vengeance!
Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave,
/>That I, the son of a dear father murder'd,
Prompted to
my...
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