 My father's spirit in arms ! all is not well; I doubt some foul play: 'would, the night were come! Till then sit still, my soul: Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes.  The Quarterly Review - Page 1271836Full view - About this book
 | Grabes - 1991 - 280 pages
...arms! All is not well. I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come. Till then sit still, my soul. Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes. (I, ii, 255-8) Suddenly, Shakespeare's hero appears less rigorous than Aeschylus' Electra. He now seems... | |
 | Murray Cox - 1992 - 312 pages
...unweeded garden That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely.' (Hamlet 1.2) 'Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes' (Hamlet 1.2) 'To be, or not to be . . .' the whole soliloquy (Hamlet III.l) 'O my offence is rank .... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1992 - 196 pages
...arms? All is not well; I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come. Till then, sit still my soul; foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes. [Exit. 240 250 I. 2 1, 3 SCENE 3. Enter LAERTES and OPHELIA. LAERTES My necessaries are embarked. Farewell.... | |
 | Marvin Rosenberg - 1992 - 1006 pages
...II: crime will out. Rees let the spectators feel this as he stared at them deliberately, a long look: Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes. Thunder has rumbled as Hamlet leaves the stage, an echo of the Ghost's advent, and a premonition. And... | |
 | Volney Patrick Gay - 1992 - 388 pages
...would be spared the tasks in front of him. On learning of the ghost's visitations, Hamlet remarks that "Foul deeds will rise, / Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes" (I, ii, 257-258). In the exchange between Horatio and Hamlet that follows, Hamlet condenses the manifest... | |
 | Russ McDonald - 1994 - 324 pages
...iteration throughout Hamlet of the sense that secrets, or the hid, will finally out — from Hamlet's "Foul deeds will rise, / Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes" (1.2.256-57), after Horatio tells him of the appearance of the Ghost, to his description of the "purpose"... | |
 | Pierre Macherey - 1995 - 258 pages
...Act I, scene v. It echoes the worries and suspicions that have already developed in Hamlet's mind: 'Foul deeds will rise, though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes' (Act I, scene ii). 32 Cf. Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of History, tr. ES Haldane (London : Kegan... | |
 | Cynthia L. Cooper, Sam Reese Sheppard - 1995 - 428 pages
...Hamlet, but he was moved by another part of the play, a speech that called to him through the years: "Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes." Unlike Dr. Adelson and many of the principals of the Sheppard case who went on regular speaking engagements,... | |
 | Peter J. Leithart - 1996 - 288 pages
...is not real. When he learns that his father's ghost has been haunting Elsinore, Hamlet states that "foul deeds will rise, though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes" (1.2.256-257). This is the function of all ghosts in Shakespeare: they serve as reminders that crimes... | |
 | 1996 - 264 pages
...All is not well. I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come. Till then, sit still, my soul. Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes. He goes back to the ancient tome, whipping the pages back. Our Camera moves down onto the page to reveal... | |
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