...revulsion from the world : 1 Cit. Kristeller, op. cit., p. 209. 2 Ibid., p. 21 1. I have oflate — but wherefore I know not - lost all my mirth, forgone...disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory . . . (II, ii, 296-301) He anatomizes man, presented as the humanist thought of...

...can best see if the two parts are set out in parallel (the a] clauses are to be read before the bj): I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all...indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition, that a] this goodly frame the earth, b] this most excellent canopy the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging...

...despair. Unadulterated pleasure - forget it! along with WS / have of late-but wherefore I know not-lost all my mirth, Forgone all custom of exercises; And...disposition That this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me A sterile promontory. [Hamlet II ii 29] Why, what's the matter That you have such a February face,...

...can be sure it was intentional on the writer's part. Like Francis, Hamlet felt lonely and rejected: I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all...disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory. act II, sc. 2 Even more poignant is Hamlet's longing for extinction: O that this...

...happen when we switch between these two extremes. What Happens When Too Many Critics Get Switched? I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost...disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament,...

...melancholy to them. Hamlet's melancholy / have of late, - but wherefore I knoze not, - lost all m\ mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed...disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave oerhanging firmament,...

...'What a piece of work is man' speech? DANIEL Yeah. ADAM Right. Well, there's this one speech that goes: 'I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercise; and indeed it goes so heavy with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems...

...not change that: R. Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990 [1632]. I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth and foregone all custom of exercise; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly...

..."American Tribal Love Rock Musical," Hair, which I saw in London in 1969, puts Hamlet's words to song: "I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, . . . this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the...

...are gods. John 10:34 What then is to become of man? Will he be equal with God or with the beasts? 262 I have of late, — but wherefore I know not, — lost all my mirth, foregone all custom of exercises; and, indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly...