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Claudius says, With an auspicious and a dropping eye, with mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage, in equal scale weighing delight and dole—taken to wife (Act I, Scene 2, lines 10-14)....
As of a father. For let the world take note, You are the most immediate to our throne, CLAUDIUS. 'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning duties to your father. But you must know your father lost a father, That father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound.
May 13, 2018 · With Mirth in Funeral and With Dirge in Marriage: Directed by Mark Schwahn. With William Moseley, Alexandra Park, Jake Maskall, Tom Austen. The finale culminates in a day that will change the family and the nation forever.
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With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage, In equal scale weighing delight and dole. – William Shakespeare. Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 2. Claudius speaks about his mixed emotions of joy and upset at his brother’s death and his own marriage to his brother’s wife. But Claudius is a master of hypocrisy.
With mirth in funeral, and with dirge in marriage, In equal scale weighing delight and dole, Taken to wife; nor have we herein barr'd. Your better wisdoms, which have freely gone 215. With this affair along. For all, our thanks. Now follows, that you know, young Fortinbras, Holding a weak supposal of our worth,
With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage, In equal scale weighing delight and dole,--Taken to wife: He then thanks his council, which he observes, has “freely gone/ With this affair along.”
Jun 2, 2020 · Hamlet, mourning for his father’s death, is left alone to vent his despair at what he regards as his mother’s all too hasty marriage to his uncle, Claudius. The audience learns that the marriage took place “within a month” of the former king’s death.
