No Fear Shakespeare
Hamlet
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 4, Scene 7, Page 8
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LAERTES
Alas, then she is drowned.
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LAERTES
So she is drowned.
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GERTRUDE
Drowned, drowned.
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GERTRUDE
Drowned, drowned.
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LAERTES
Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia,
And therefore I forbid my tears. But yet
It is our trick. Nature her custom holds,
Let shame say what it will. When these are gone,
The woman will be out.—Adieu, my lord.
I have a speech of fire that fain would blaze,
But that this folly doubts it.
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LAERTES
You’ve had too much water already, poor Ophelia, so I
won’t shed watery tears for you. But crying is what
humans do. We do what’s in our nature, even if
we’re ashamed of it. After I stop crying I’ll
be through acting like a woman. Good-bye, my lord. I have some fiery
words I could speak now, but my foolish tears are drowning them
out.
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CLAUDIUS
Let’s
follow, Gertrude.
How much I had to do to calm his rage!
Now fear I this will give it start again.
Therefore let’s follow.
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CLAUDIUS
Let’s follow him, Gertrude. I worked so hard to calm
him down, and now I’m worried he’s getting all
excited again. Let’s follow him.
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