Polonius has just asked Hamlet what he is reading. Of course what he wants Hamlet to say is the name of the book. But just to be irritating Hamlet responds "Words, words, words."
He is a scholar and so probably can speak Latin, although it is Hamlet who actually says a line in Latin ("Hic et ubique")
No, you've got it backwards. It is Horatio who says, "These are but wild and whirling words, my lord." to Hamlet. Hamlet is a little discombobulated after seeing his father's ghost.
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Hamlet insults Polonius on multiple occassions (generally along the lines of him being old, or incompitant), however one of the most memorable ways Hamlet insults Polonius is by calling him a "fish-monger", which in modern terms would be the equivilant of calling him a "pimp".
Polonius has just asked Hamlet what he is reading. Of course what he wants Hamlet to say is the name of the book. But just to be irritating Hamlet responds "Words, words, words."
He is a scholar and so probably can speak Latin, although it is Hamlet who actually says a line in Latin ("Hic et ubique")
The play is Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. These are the first words in Hamlet's famous monologue, in which he contemplates suicide.
Archaic means marked by the characteristics of an earlier period. Obsolete and antiquated are two similar words to archaic. "Death by hanging is viewed as an archaic form of punishment in America."
Hamlet spoke the words in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
Hamlet spoke the words in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
The term is "archaic."
new words current words archaic words absolete words
As Hamlet says, "words, words, words".
A word or words that(s) that is used to deliberatly refer to earlier times.
Outdated or obsolete words are referred to as "archaic".
It's archaic - it's a contraction of the words 'can', & 'not'.