...father's spirit, Doomed for a certain term to walk the night, And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away." Mit dem, was der Geist des alten Hamlet seinem Sohn im folgenden mitteilt, setzt er —...

...up myself... Doomed for a certain term to walk the night, And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away. While Kyd's Ophelia dies by falling over a cliffs edge, Shakespeare's heroine drowns amid...

...the Ghost reveals, he has been sentenced for a definite period — "Doom'd for a certain term . . . Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature/ Are burnt and purg'd away" (1.5.10—13). That is bad enough: "O horrible! O horrible! Most horrible!" (80). But Hamlet wishes...

...purgatory as a place where the body suffers physical agony, he is for the day confined to fast in fires Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away. (1.5.1 1-13) G. Blakemore Evans glossed 'fast' as "do penance" but provided no explanation...

...tells his son, Doomed for a certain term to walk the night And for the day confined to fast in fires Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away. He is expressly forbidden "to tell the secrets of my prison-house." Prison-house is a...

...father's spirit, Doomed for a certain term to walk the night, And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away. (1.5.9-13) The bland "for a certain term"— which appears merely to fill out the syllables...