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Hamlet Speech
HAMLET
Alas, poor Yorick! 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! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? Your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that.
Notes:
infinite jest = unlimited jokes
borne = carried
abhorred = hated
my gorge rises = I want to throw up
I know not how oft = I can't count how many times
gibes = jokes
gambols = silly dances
paint an inch thick = put on lots of make-up
this favour she must come = she will someday look like this skull
What problem is Hamlet confronting in this speech that people still confront today?
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