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Hamlet¹

# Hamlet[^1]

Act III, Scene I

## Act III, Scene I

O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown! The courtier’s, soldier’s, scholar’s, eye, tongue, sword, Th’expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and ~~the mould of form~~, Th’observ’d of all observers, quite, quite down!

**O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown!** The *courtier’s, soldier’s, scholar’s*, eye, tongue, sword, Th’expectancy and ==rose of the fair state==, <u>The glass of fashion</u> and ~~the mould of form~~, [Th’observ’d of all observers](#), quite, quite down!

Contents

Scene I. A room in the Castle
Scene II. A hall in the Castle
Scene III. A room in the Castle

### Contents
1. Scene I. A room in the Castle
2. Scene II. A hall in the Castle
3. Scene III. A room in the Castle

Act I
Act II
Act III

- [x] Act I
- [x] Act II
- [ ] Act III

To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

> To be, or not to be, that is the question:
> Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
> The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Note

Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
I will be brief.

> [!NOTE]
> Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,
> And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
> I will be brief.

Dramatis Personæ

HAMLET, Prince of Denmark
OPHELIA, Daughter to Polonius
HORATIO, Friend to Hamlet

#### Dramatis Personæ
- HAMLET, Prince of Denmark
- OPHELIA, Daughter to Polonius
- HORATIO, Friend to Hamlet

title: Hamlet
author: William Shakespeare

```yaml
title: Hamlet
author: William Shakespeare
```

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¹ First printed in 1603 (the First Quarto); a longer text followed in 1604–05, and the First Folio in 1623.

[^1]: First printed in 1603 (the First Quarto); a longer text followed in 1604–05, and the First Folio in 1623.

Hamlet, William Shakespeare

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e^{i x} = cos x + i sin x

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Hamlet.md

Hamlet

Act III, Scene 1

HAMLET.

To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?

To die—to sleep, no more.

# Hamlet

## Act III, Scene 1

**HAMLET.**

> To be, or not to be, that is the question:
> Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
> The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
> Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
> And by opposing end them?

*To die—to sleep, no more.*

Hamlet

Act III, Scene 1

HAMLET.

To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?

To die—to sleep, no more.

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