of 's
father is, understandably, the source of most of the references to anger in the opening act of
. The first such quote appears in an early exchange between Marcellus andas
they describe their recent sighting of the Ghost:
So
frowned he once when, in an angry parle,
He smote the sledded Polacks on the ice.
(1.1.73€“74)
The next quote is taken from
Hamlet'sfollowing his first exchange withandin which he discusses the disgust and anger he feels
toward his mother for marrying so quickly after his father's death:
Let me not think on't; frailty, thy name is woman! (1.2.150)
The third reference to anger also occurs in 1.2, as Hamlet learns
from Horatio and Marcellus that they've recently spied the Ghost of his late father. In response
to Hamlet's question about whether the Ghost look "frowningly," Horatio
replies:
A countenance more in sorrow than in anger.
(1.2.247)
The remaining quotes which bear some relation
to anger are taken from the 1.5, the scene in which the Ghost reveals to Hamlet the manner of
his death. In the midst of his tale, the Ghost lashes out at Claudius, and begs for
revenge:
O horrible, O horrible, most
horrible!
If thou hast nature in thee, bear it not. (1.5.87€“88)
And after hearing the Ghost's full account, Hamlet explodes in
anger:
O all you host of heaven! O earth! what
else?
And shall I couple hell? O, fie! Hold, hold, my heart;
And you my
sinews, grow not instant old,
But bear me stiffly up. (1.5.99€“102)
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