...over the whole scene : the normal, reassuring tone is destroyed in Hamlet's destruction of 'seems' : For they are actions that a man might play; But I have that within which passes show. (84-5) The response to this is another very long speech from Claudius. Like his first,...

...father: Seems, madam! Nay, it is; I know not 'seems.' Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother . . . Together with all forms, modes, shows of grief, That...that a man might play; But I have that within which passeth show; These but the trappings and the suits of woe. (1, 2, 76-82) Then when he is left alone,...

...fruitful river of the eye, Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, That can denote me truly. These indeed 'seem',...that a man might play; But I have that within which passeth show These but the trappings and the suits of woe. (1.2.68-86) This exchange has, of course,...

...inky cloak, good mother, Not customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forced breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, That can denote me truly. These indeed seem, For they are actions that a man...

...inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forc'd breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, That can denote me truly. These indeed seem, For they are actions that a man...

...fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected havior of the visage Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, That can denote me truly. These indeed 'seem,'...that a man might play, But I have that within which passes show, These but the trappings and the suits of woe. The trappings and suits of woe, the gestures...

...inky cloak, good-mother. Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forced breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye. Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shows of grief That can denote me truly. These may 'seem', For they are actions that a man might...

...then, can only talk of his stage problems, and in this light his most revealing utterance is his first: These indeed seem, For they are actions that a man might play: But I have that within which passes show; These but the trappings and the suits of woe. In the context of Nietzsche's interpretation,...