Watch William Shakespeare's tragic protagonist berate his betrothed Ophelia in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Hamlet vents his rage on Ophelia in the speech “Get thee to a nunnery” from Act III,...
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HAMLET: Get thee to a nunnery, go. Farewell. Or, if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool; wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them. To a nunnery, go, and quickly too. Farewell.
OPHELIA: O heavenly powers, restore him!
HAMLET: I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another. You jig, you amble, and you lisp, you nick-name God's creatures, and make your wantonness your ignorance. Go to, I'll no more on it; it hath made me mad. I say, we will have no more marriage: those that are married already, all but one, shall live; the rest shall keep as they are. To a nunnery, go.
OPHELIA: O heavenly powers, restore him!
HAMLET: I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another. You jig, you amble, and you lisp, you nick-name God's creatures, and make your wantonness your ignorance. Go to, I'll no more on it; it hath made me mad. I say, we will have no more marriage: those that are married already, all but one, shall live; the rest shall keep as they are. To a nunnery, go.