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Nymph, in thy orisons be all my sins remembered (imported from my Hamlet blog)

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembered.

For good measure, here's the Arden (Folio) on Hamlet's sighting of Ophelia after To be or not to be:
Hamlet, at the sight of Ophelia, does not immediately recollect that he is to impersonate madness, but makes her an address grave and solemn, such as the forgoing meditation excited in his thoughts (Johnson). Others, however, find his tone ironic or even sarcastic. In Q2, this is the first time that Hamlet and Ophelia encounter each other onstage...
posted by Petey, 4:45 PM

1 Comments:

I feel that its not so much the solemn or sacarcastic line as thought. I hear it as a plea...perhaps even a geniune request.
commented by Anonymous Jessi, 11:35 PM  

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