An Excerpt From 'The Cask Of Amontillado'
HAMLET
So much for all this, sir. Now you’ll be able to see the other. Do you remember all the circumstances?
HORATIO
Yes, I remember it, my lord.
HAMLET
Sir, in my heart, there was something 5 bothering me that wouldn’t let me sleep. I thought I lay worse than mutineers in chains. Hastily—and let’s praise our hastiness; sometimes, our hastiness is helpful when our plans aren’t working; and we should learn 10 that there’s something divine that determines our outcomes, no matter how roughly we ourselves shape them.
HORATIO
I agree with you.
HAMLET
I came from my room in the dark and 15 wanted to find Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. I stole their packet and went back to my room. Horatio, I found a command for my execution along with how …show more content…
Based on all of this, furthermore, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern should be killed, without any time for confession.
HORATIO
How did you seal this?
HAMLET
I used my dad’s signet in my purse, 45 which was the same as the Danish seal. I folded the new order, stamped it, placed it safely, and the exchange was never known. The next day was our sea-fight and you already know what came after this. 50
HORATIO
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are going to die.
HAMLET
Why, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern loved their work. I don’t care about them. They died because they let themselves 55 get into our business. It is dangerous when the inferior people come between the thrust and destructive swords of the opposite sides.
HORATIO
What kind of a king is this? 60
HAMLET
It is now my duty—
He killed the real king, slept with my mother, came between my expectations, and tried to kill me, and with such trickery—isn’t it okay to kill him? 65 Isn’t it bad to let this cancer of our nature become more evil?
So much for all this, sir. Now you’ll be able to see the other. Do you remember all the circumstances?
HORATIO
Yes, I remember it, my lord.
HAMLET
Sir, in my heart, there was something 5 bothering me that wouldn’t let me sleep. I thought I lay worse than mutineers in chains. Hastily—and let’s praise our hastiness; sometimes, our hastiness is helpful when our plans aren’t working; and we should learn 10 that there’s something divine that determines our outcomes, no matter how roughly we ourselves shape them.
HORATIO
I agree with you.
HAMLET
I came from my room in the dark and 15 wanted to find Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. I stole their packet and went back to my room. Horatio, I found a command for my execution along with how …show more content…
Based on all of this, furthermore, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern should be killed, without any time for confession.
HORATIO
How did you seal this?
HAMLET
I used my dad’s signet in my purse, 45 which was the same as the Danish seal. I folded the new order, stamped it, placed it safely, and the exchange was never known. The next day was our sea-fight and you already know what came after this. 50
HORATIO
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are going to die.
HAMLET
Why, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern loved their work. I don’t care about them. They died because they let themselves 55 get into our business. It is dangerous when the inferior people come between the thrust and destructive swords of the opposite sides.
HORATIO
What kind of a king is this? 60
HAMLET
It is now my duty—
He killed the real king, slept with my mother, came between my expectations, and tried to kill me, and with such trickery—isn’t it okay to kill him? 65 Isn’t it bad to let this cancer of our nature become more evil?