No Fear Shakespeare
Hamlet
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Act 2, Scene 2, Page 8
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HAMLET
Excellent well. You are a fishmonger.
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HAMLET
Of course. You sell fish.
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POLONIUS
Not I, my lord.
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POLONIUS
No, not me, sir.
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HAMLET
Then I would you were so honest a man.
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HAMLET
In that case I wish you were as good a man as a fish
seller.
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POLONIUS
Honest, my lord?
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POLONIUS
Good, sir?
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HAMLET
Ay, sir. To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.
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HAMLET
Yes, sir. Only one man in ten thousand is good in this
world.
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POLONIUS
That’s very true, my lord.
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POLONIUS
That’s definitely true, my lord.
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HAMLET
For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a good kissing carrion— Have you a daughter?
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HAMLET
Since if the sun breeds maggots on a dead dog, kissing the
corpse—by the way, do you have a daughter?
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POLONIUS
I have, my lord.
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POLONIUS
I do indeed, my lord.
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HAMLET
Let her not walk i' th' sun. Conception is a
blessing, but, as your daughter may conceive—Friend, look to
’t.
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HAMLET
Then by all means never let her walk in public. Procreation is a
good thing, but if your daughter gets pregnant … look
out, friend.
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POLONIUS
(aside) How say you by that? Still
harping on my daughter. Yet he knew me not at first. He said I was a fishmonger. He
is far gone, far gone. And truly in my youth I suffered much
extremity for love, very near this. I’ll speak to him
again.—(to
HAMLET) What do you read, my
lord?
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POLONIUS
(to himself) Now, what does he mean
by that? Still harping on my daughter. But he didn’t
recognize me at first. He mistook me for a fish seller.
He’s far gone. But when I was young I went crazy for love
too, almost as bad as this. I’ll talk to him
again.—(to
HAMLET) What are you reading, your
highness?
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HAMLET
Words, words, words.
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HAMLET
A lot of words.
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POLONIUS
What is the matter, my lord?
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POLONIUS
And what is the subject?
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HAMLET
Between who?
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HAMLET
Between whom?
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