Hamlet
Chapter One
Act 3
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SCENE I
The castle
enter Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius, Ophelia,
Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern
Claudius And can you, by no drift of conference,
Get from him why he puts on this confusion,
Grating so harshly all his days of quiet
With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?
5 Rosencrantz He does confess he feels himself distracted,
But from what cause he will by no means speak.
Guildenstern Nor do we find him forward to be sounded,
But with a crafty madness keeps aloof
When we would bring him on to some confession
Of his true state.
10 Gertrude Did he receive you well?
Rosencrantz Most like a gentleman.
Guildenstern But with much forcing of his disposition.
Rosencrantz Niggard of question, but of our demands
Most free in his reply.
Gertrud ... read full excerpt from: Hamlet (The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark) (Shakespearian Classics) ebook
