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(takes the skull) Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times, and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is!
Give me leave. Here lies the water. Good. Here stands 15 the man. Good. If the man go to this water and drown himself, it is, will he nill he, he goes. Mark you that. But if the water come to him and drown him, he drowns not himself. Argal, he that is not guilty of his own death shortens not his own life.
Jun 2, 2020 · 3585 This same skull, sir, was, sir, Yorick’s skull, the 3586 King’s jester. HAMLET 3587 This? ⌜ GRAVEDIGGER ⌝ 3588 E’en that. HAMLET, ⌜ taking the skull ⌝ 3589 190 Let me see. Alas, poor 3590 Yorick! I knew him, Horatio—a fellow of infinite 3591 jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath bore me on his
The skull not only is evidence of the physical disintegration caused by death, but it also underscores that the very essence of a person comes to an end. Now get you to my lady’s chamber and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come. (5.1.176–177) Yorick’s skull has impressed upon Hamlet the decay of the human ...
One part squick, one part Tear Jerker, Alas, Poor Yorick takes place when a character picks up the severed head of a loved one and cradles it close to them. Depending on how gross you want to get, blood is optional, and sometimes just a skull or helmet is sufficient to get the point across. This trope is very often used to conjure up pity for ...
Meaning of Alas, Poor Yorick! Hamlet makes this speech in the graveyard when he holds up the skull of Yorick. It is a best known and one of the more complex speeches in dramatic works. Here, Hamlet considers human fate by comparing the skull of Yorick with other living human beings. It is a reflection of Hamlet’s mature and new outlook on ...
The Monarch even lampshades this, and tells 21 to "knock all this 'Alas poor Yorick' crap off." In Beast Wars , Dinobot performs a similar scene while holding Tarantulas' legs, when the Predacons were all assumed to be destroyed, complete with "This is the leg [sic] that stalked so many victims".
