 | K. H. Anthol - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 344 pages
...For Hecuba! What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, 585 That he should weep for her? 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 appall the free, 590 Confound the ignorant,... | |
 | Richard M. Billow - Psychology - 2003 - 260 pages
...social dialogue. In comparing himself to one of the professional actors, Hamlet laments: What would he 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... | |
 | Hendrijke Haufe, Andrea Sieber - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2003 - 352 pages
...nothing. For Hecuba! What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her? 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... | |
 | Hardin L. Aasand - Drama - 2003 - 242 pages
...intemperate mode of acting out passion at odds with his instructions to the players: What would he do / Had he the motive and [the cue] for passion That I have? He would drown the stage in with tears And cleave the general ear with horrid speech Make mad the guilty, and appall the free,... | |
 | John J. Joughin, Simon Malpas - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 254 pages
...II. ii. 584-601): What's Hecuba to him, or he to her, That he should weep for her? What would he do Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? (II. ii. 553-6) In some ways Hamlet's 'own' mistaken sense here of not 'measuring up' finally returns... | |
 | 1984 - 440 pages
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What's Hecuba to him or he to Hecuba That he should weep for her? 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... 
