Hamlet
from Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Monologue Text
How all occasions do inform against me,
And spur my dull revenge! What is a man,
If his chief good and market of his time
Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more.
Sure, he that made us with such large discourse,
Looking before and after, gave us…
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Copyright Status
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Copyright and Performance Guidelines Statement
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Author(s)
Character Name
Hamlet
Source Title
Hamlet
Source Type
PLAY
Act / Scene
ACT 4, Scene 4
Setting
A plain in Denmark
Period
CLASSICAL
Publishing Status
PUBLISHED PIECE
Content Rating
SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
Era
ELIZABETHAN
Monologue Type
DRAMATIC
Gender
MALE (MASCULINE)
Age Range
20s - EARLY
20s - LATE
30s - EARLY
30s - LATE
Race / Ethnicity
INDIAN
CHINESE
JAPANESE
KOREAN
AFRICAN
CAUCASIAN
NATIVE AMERICAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER
FILIPINO
CHICANO
Dialect
STANDARD ENGLISH
STANDARD AMERICAN
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