...by masculine heroes. In his eyes, his father is a combination of Hyperion, Jove, Mars, and Mercury: See what a grace was seated on this brow, Hyperion's...did seem to set his seal To give the world assurance of a man. (3.4.55-62) Hamlet defines Claudius, and by implication all men including himself, in relation...

...like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination and a form indeed, ho Where every god did seem to set his seal To give the...you now what follows. Here is your husband, like a mildewed ear Blasting his wholesome brother. Have you eyes? h; Could you on this fair mountain leave...

...thought-sick at the act. QUEEN: Ay me! what act, That roars so loud and thunders in the index? HAMLET: Look here, upon this picture, and on this; The counterfeit...This was your husband: look you now, what follows. NARRATOR: Poor Hamlet, he has never been so interrupted He is making such a scene behind our engineers...

...Pierre Manent's mordant message. Jean Bethke Elshtain The City of Man To the memory of Allan Bloom A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did...seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man. INTRODUCTION The Question of Man 0 profondeurs! faut-il encore l'appeler l'homme? VICTOR...

...thought-sick at the act. Gertrude Ay me, what act, That roars so loud, and thunders in the index? Hamlet Look here, upon this picture, and on this, — The counterfeit...Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give th e world assuran ce of am an : This was your husband. — Look you now, what follows: Here is your...

...the two men, Hamlet argues. "See what a grace was seated on this brow," he says of her first husband; Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye...did seem to set his seal To give the world assurance of a man. (3.4.55-62) Hamlet emphasizes three things: visible looks, manly virtue, and pagan gods....

...description of his father: See what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of ]ove himself; An eye like Mars to threaten and command;...seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man. (Hamlet, m. iv. 55) Notice how Mercury, the specifically angelic (ie messenger) deity, stands...

...threaten and command, 58 A station like the herald Mercury New lighted on a heaven-kissing hill 60 A combination and a form indeed Where every god did...you now what follows. Here is your husband, like a mildewed ear Blasting his wholesome brother. Have you eyes? Could you on this fair mountain leave to...

...37 'Form and cause conjoined' recalls — and might even recover — Hamlet's image of his father as a 'combination and a form indeed / Where every god...seem to set his seal/ To give the world assurance of a man' (3.4.60-2). This figure of speech, combining two proximate substantive nouns, abounds in...

...never get too far from the appearances of ordinary speech. Consider Hamlet's lines to his mother: Look here, upon this picture and on this, The counterfeit...did seem to set his seal To give the world assurance of a man. (m. iv. j }) This is my reading. The first line is colloquial; the second meditative. The...