..."Murder!" in reply is a whispered exclamation. He pledges revenge and listens as the Ghost tells him that "The serpent that did sting thy father's life/ Now wears his crown." His "O my prophetic soul! (short pause)/ My uncle!" is spoken in a low whisper.140 He listens attentively...

...reminded of the similar circumstance in 1.5, where the Ghost reveals Claudius' treachery to Hamlet — "The serpent that did sting thy father's life / Now wears his crown" (40-41)— and urges revenge. An audience's knowledge that poison was the instrument of old Hamlet's...

...whole ear of Denmark Is by a forged process of my death Rankly abus'd - but know, thou noble youth, The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown. O my prophetic soul! My uncle! fed me quickly the river of forgetfuiness m the Underworld everyone...

...father love Revenge his foul and most unnatural murther. J/HAMLET: Murther! D/HORATIO: Murther! A/GHOST: The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown. J/HAMLET: My uncle. D/HORATIO: Your uncle! A/GHOST: Let not the royal bed of Denmark Become a couch...

...suspects a trap. Where the given account of old Hamlet's death was false literally but true figuratively ("The serpent that did sting thy father's life / Now wears his crown" [1.5.39-40]), Gertrude's account of Polonius's death treats Hamlet's figurative designation ("A rat!")...

...whole ear of Denmark Is by a forged process of my death Rankly abus'd: but know, thou noble youth, The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown. Hamlet O my prophetic soul! Mine uncle! Ghost Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, With witchcraft...

...whole ear of Denmark Is by a forged process of my death Rankly abused. But know, thou noble youth, The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown. O my prophetic soul! My uncle? Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, With witchcraft of his wits,...

...whole ear of Denmark Is by a forged process of my death 37 Rankly abused. But know, thou noble youth, The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown. 40 HAMLET O my prophetic soul! My uncle? GHOST 42 Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, With...

...whole ear of Denmark Is by a forged process of my death Rankly abus'd. But know, thou noble youth, The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown. Hamlet Oh, my prophetic soul! Mine uncle? Ghost Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, With witchcraft...

...unnatural! HAMLETTE: I will revenge you by murdering strange and unnatural fowls! (strangles chicken) GHOST: The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown. HAMLETTE: (in a tizzy) I will murder strange and unnatural serpent fowls! Moves the chicken like a...