 Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.  The Savage - Page 156by John Robinson, Piomingo - 1810 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 712 pages
...means. Nam. It will not speak ; then I will follow it. Hor. Do not, my lord. Ham. Why, what should he the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee; And,...thing immortal as itself? It waves me forth again ; — I'll follow it. Hor. What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 462 pages
...That fear, to hate ; and hate turns one, or both, To worthy danger, and deserved death. /.'. 27. v. 1. Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life...soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal ? //. i . 4. no FEAR,— continued. Let not the world see fear and sad distrust Govera the motion of... | |
 | Arthur McGee - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 230 pages
...from following the Ghost, but he does not set his life 'at a pin's fee', and he goes even further: And for my soul, what can it do to that Being a thing immortal as itself. (1.4.66-7) LC Knights comments thus: 61 'Desperation', moreover, like 'desperate' a few lines later... | |
 | Richard Ellmann - Fiction - 1989 - 534 pages
...divergence in Hamlet's resistance to the restraint Horatio exercises over him at the Ghost's summons: I do not set my life at a pin's fee, And for my soul,...can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself? For Hamlet the soul transcends the life of the body as well as the physical universe. At about the... | |
 | Grabes - 1991 - 280 pages
...replies that there is nothing to fear. He does not "set [his] life at a pin's fee", and as for his soul, "what can it do to that, / Being a thing immortal as itself?" (66-7). What Hamlet, in an obviously Christian context, is saying, is that his soul is as immortal... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1992 - 196 pages
...go with it. 1,4 1,4 HAMLET It will not speak. Then I will follow it. HORATIO Do not, my lord. HAMLET Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life...thing immortal as itself? It waves me forth again. I'll follow it. HORATIO What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of... | |
 | Marvin Rosenberg - Drama - 1992 - 1006 pages
...him to follow. In the face of this, and the mournful, melancholy cast to his Hamlet, his daring — And for my soul, what can it do to that,* Being a thing immortal as itself? — was touched with heroism. "His face lighted, his voice rang with the certainty of an authentic... | |
 | Drama - 1996 - 264 pages
...lord There is a terrifying look in HAMLET's eye now. A man with, as he thinks, nothing to lose. HAMLET Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life...fee, And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a tiiing immortal as itself? Another great, unearthly yell. Even sadder. HAMLET (continuing) It waves... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1998 - 148 pages
...Hubbard, Wemer; ealled, goQI HORATIO My lord, you shall not go. HAMLET Why, what should be the fear? 45 I do not set my life at a pin's fee, And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal like itself? Go on, I'll follow thee. MARCELLUS My lord, be ruled, you shall not go. 50 HAMLET My fate... | |
 | Wendy Wren - English language - 2000 - 163 pages
...does not care if he lives or dies the ghost cannot harm Hamlet's soul Why, what should be the fear? do not set my life at a pin's fee, And for my soul, what can it do to that, Horatio is HORATIO: afraid that the ghost will get Hamlet on his own and then turn into something so... | |
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