Hamlet

273 our ground the piled-up earth above us

274 burning zone sun's orbit between the tropics

275 Ossa in Greek mythology, the mountain on which the giants piled Pelion in their attempt to reach Olympus 275 an if

275 mouth grimace/rant

277 mere complete

280 golden couplets baby birds covered in golden down

280 disclosed hatched

283 use treat

285 Let ... day i.e. even Hercules could not stop Laertes from his tiresome rant/my turn will come and even Hercules (or the ranting Laertes) cannot stop me 288 in i.e. by remembering

289 present push immediate test (push may also be suggestive of the thrust of a weapon) 291 living lasting (but also implies that murdering Hamlet will serve as a memorial) Act 5 Scene 2

5.2 Location: within the royal castle at Elsinore

1 this the pair enter mid-conversation; this refers to what Hamlet has just been telling Horatio 1 see the other hear the other news

2 circumstance details

6 mutines ... bilboes mutineers in shackles

6 Rashly on impulse (Hamlet then digresses before returning to his tale in line 13) 7 know acknowledge

8 indiscretion lack of forethought and prudence

9 dear important

9 pall weaken/become flat and stale

11 Rough-hew carve roughly

14 sea-gown short-sleeved, calf-length sailor's gown made of coarse material 14 scarfed wrapped loosely

15 them i.e. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

16 Fingered stole

16 in fine finally, in conclusion

21 Larded garnished, interspersed

21 several various

22 Importing concerning

23 bug hobgoblin, bogeyman

23 bugs ... life terrors to be feared were I to be allowed to continue living 24 supervise reading (of the commission)

24 leisure bated time wasted

25 stay await