...this employment. They are not near my conscience; their defeat Doth by their own insinuation grow. 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between...pass and fell incensed points Of mighty opposites. Why, what a king is this! Does it not, think'st thee, stand me now upon He that hath kill'd my king...

...the sea-voyage in act v that it would be 'perfect conscience' to kill Claudius: Does it not, think thee, stand me now upon He that hath kill'd my king and whor'd my mother, Popp'd in between th' election and my hopes, Thrown out his angle for my proper life, And with such cozenage - is't not...

...learn us There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will. Hamlet — Hamlet V.ii Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between...pass and fell incensed points Of mighty opposites. Hamlet — Hamlet V.ii We defy augury: there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it...

...workings of the mechanism of evil in revenge, the reciprocity of evil for evil: Does it not, think thee, stand me now upon He that hath kill'd my king and whor'd my mother, Popp'd in hetween th" election and my hopes. Thrown out his angle for my proper life And with such coz'nage -...

...this employment; They are not near my conscience; their defeat Does by their own insinuation grow: 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between...pass and fell incensed points Of mighty opposites. (v, ii, 57-^2) In the immediate context, this is a further piece of self-justification: the point is...

...fell incensed points Of mighty opposites. Hor. Why, what a king is this! Ham. Does it not, thinks 't thee, stand me now upon — He that hath kill'd my king and whor'd my mother, Popp'd in between th' election and my hopes, 65 Thrown out his angle for my proper life, And with such cozenage — is't...

...in his rationalization for the murders of his clueless former friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: '"Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes / Between the pass and fell incensed points / Of mighty opposites."1 (5.2.6062). In taking upon himself the role of director of the players, Hamlet also disturbingly...

...conscience, their defeat Does by their own insinuation grow. 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes <5o Between the pass and fell incensed points Of mighty...HORATIO Why, what a king is this! HAMLET Does it not, think thee, stand me now upon — He that hath killed my king, and whored my mother, Popped in between...

...and Guildenstern: They are not near my conscience; their defeat Does by their own insinuation grow : 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between...pass and fell incensed points Of mighty opposites. (v.2.58) It is to Horatio that he addressed the lines whose sentiment is all the more moving because...

...their employment; They are not near my conscience; their defeat Does by their own insinuation grow: 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between...pass and fell incensed points Of mighty opposites. (V.ii. 57-62) In both speeches the war imagery reminds us29 that Hamlet and Claudius are engaged in...