| James S. Cutsinger - 2003 - 312 страници
...precisely why this greatest of quests is one upon which everyone must eventually choose to embark. "If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all." We have explained... | |
| James Michael Thomas - 2005 - 379 страници
...it. I will forestall their repair hither and say you are not fit . HAMLET Not a whit, we defy augury. There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it not be now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. Since no man of... | |
| Lee Edelman - 2004 - 218 страници
...Hamlet, for instance, defers to when he forbears from deferring his fate: "Not a whit, we defy augury. There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all" (V. ii. 220-224).... | |
| Darrelyn Gunzburg - 2004 - 341 страници
...awakened to death and comes to realise that death makes life possible: "Not a whit, we defy augury. There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all..."41 "Readiness"... | |
| Paul A. Cantor - 2004 - 122 страници
...Claudius approaches. Hamlet has a sense of resignation about his fate: We defy augury. There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now. 'tis not to come; if it be not to come. it will be now: if it be not now. yet it will come - the readiness is all. Since no man. of... | |
| Margaret R. O'Leary - 2004 - 565 страници
...0-595-66258-7 (cloth) Printed in the United States of America To Mr. Robert A. Wiegand There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all. — William Shakespeare,... | |
| Laurie Maguire - 2003 - 260 страници
...(5.1.208-10). In the next scene, Hamlet assures Horatio that "death is certain" (as Justice Shallow puts it): "If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come" (Hamlet 5.2.220—2). The tone throughout... | |
| Sidney Homan - 2004 - 169 страници
...measure of serenity when, about to enter the throne room for that fatal duel with Laertes, he jokes, "If it be now, 'tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now; 5 if it be not now, yet it will come" (5.2.220-22). Substitute "death" for... | |
| Ashby Bland Crowder - 2004 - 430 страници
...lover) is also helped by the resemblance between her language and Hamlet's. Hamlet speaks of Providence: "If it be [now], 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come—the readiness is all" (5.2.22o-22); Humphrey... | |
| Yves Bonnefoy - 2004 - 312 страници
...the falseness of appearances? He says that even the fall of a sparrow is ruled by Providence, that "if it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now," and that if it be not now, let there be no doubt about it, "yet it will come."... | |
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