Alas, poor Yorick - eNotes Shakespeare Quotes.
When Hamlet asks who the skull was from, the grave-digger tells him that it was Yorick’s skull, the King’s jester (5.1.175-87). Hamlet immediately begins to reminisce about Yorick saying, “Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio- a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath bore me on his back a thousand times, and now how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at.
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Example: “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 is it! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? - Hamlet Skull Quotes, William Shakespeare, page 252: Line 158-165 (Hamlet, William.
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Hamlet, holding it close, declares: 'Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.' David Tennant, best known for his role in the BBC's Doctor Who.
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HAMLET Nay, I know not. First Clown A pestilence on him for a mad rogue! a' poured a flagon of Rhenish on my head once. This same skull, sir, was Yorick's skull, the king's jester. HAMLET This? First Clown E'en that. HAMLET Let me see. Takes the skull. Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.
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The Gravedigger hands Hamlet a skull and says it's from someone dead for twenty-three years now: King Hamlet's former jester, Yorick. HAMLET, taking the skull Let me see. Alas, poor 190 Yorick! I knew him, Horatio—a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath bore me on his back a thousand times, and now how abhorred in.
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Hamlet Act 5 scene 1 comments. Is she to be buried in Christian burial when she willfully seeks her own salvation? an act hath three branches--it is to act, to do, to perform; This might be the pate of a politician; How absolute the knave is! Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; let her paint an inch thick, to this favor she must come; Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay, might stop a.
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When Shakespeare has the gravedigger unearth the remains of Yorick and says, “Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him well,” Shakespeare is making a serious comment on life and its meaning. In an essay of 500 words, interpret Shakespeare’s philosophy of life and what we consider important, such as family, possessions, wealth, health, etc.