Right before the play begins Hamlet speaks to both Claudius and Ophelia, feeling confident in his plan. Hamlet's hubris here gives us some of the sassiest lines in the play.

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​Hamlet

Sassy Hamlet

After some quips with Polonius, Hamlet goes to sit down. He has this interaction with his mother:

Gertrude

Come hither, my good Hamlet, sit by me.

Hamlet 

[Indicating Ophelia]  No, good mother, here's metal more attractive.​

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Hamlet

​Inappropriate Hamlet

Hamlet

[To Ophelia]  Lady, shall I lie in your lap?

Ophelia

No, my lord!

Hamlet   

I mean, my head upon your lap. 

Ophelia

Ay, my lord.

Hamlet   

Do you think I meant country matters?

Ophelia

I think nothing, my lord.

Hamlet   

That's a fair thought to lie between maids' legs.

Ophelia

What is, my lord?

Hamlet   

“Nothing.”    ​

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Hamlet

Hamlet is cold as ice

Hamlet   

Is this a prologue, or the posy of a ring?

Ophelia

'Tis brief, my lord.

Hamlet   

As woman's love.

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Ophelia

The king rises.

Hamlet   

What, frighted with false fire?

Gertrude   

How fares my lord? 

Polonius   

Give o'er the play.

Claudius   

Give me some light. Away!

All   

Lights, lights, lights!

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Hamlet

The Play's The Thing

Hamlet

I do not well understand that — will you play upon

this pipe?

Guildenstern   

My lord, I cannot.

Hamlet   

I pray you.

Guildenstern   

Believe me, I cannot.

Hamlet   

I do beseech you.

Guildenstern   

I know no touch of it, my lord. 

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Hamlet

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​Hamlet

'Tis as easy as lying. Govern these ventages with your finger and thumb, give it breath with your mouth, and it will discourse most excellent music. Look you, these

are the stops.

Guildenstern

But these cannot I command to any utterance of harmony. I have not the skill.

Hamlet

Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me! You would play upon me...

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