 | John Gibson, John Gibson, Dr, Wolfgang Huemer - Philosophy - 2004 - 356 pages
...with his original sense that authenticity resides in an interior self: "What would he do." he asks, "Had he the motive and the cue for passion/ That I have?" (563-4). And his answer is as predictable as it is unsatisfartory: He would drown the stage with tears.... | |
 | Bridget Escolme - Drama - 2005 - 192 pages
...queen, Hamlet asks, 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 . . . (Fl: 2.2.559-63) Then . . . Am I a coward? [to which compare O_l... | |
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 | George Ian Duthie - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 206 pages
...distraction in 's aspect, A broken voice, . . ." Hamlet contrasts this man with himself: What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? He would drown the stage with tears .... Hamlet goes on to reproach himself for not having been active about obtaining revenge from Claudius:... | |
 | Karen Newman - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 168 pages
...to her, That he should weep for her? What would he do Had he the motive and the cue for passion 555 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... | |
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