...thou hear, Since my dear soul was mistress of my choice And could of men distinguish, her election Hath seal'd thee for herself. For thou hast been As...nothing. A man that Fortune's buffets, and rewards Hath ta'en with equal thanks. And blest are those, Whose blood and judgement are so well commingled,...

...absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish, her election Hath seal'd thee for herself. For thou hast been As one, in suff'ring all, that suffers nothing; A...

...surely that of Hamlet and Horatio, though it is not Hamlet solus but his anima who chooses his friend ("Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice / And could of men distinguish, her election / Hath sealed thee for herself" [3.2.68-70]). But all the other relationships in the play, all the...

...pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee eo Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear? 6i Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish her election, S' hath sealed thee for herself, for thou hast been 64 As one in suffering all that suffers nothing,...

...heart, As I do thee. (3.2.65-74) The other emphasis is on Hamlet's having chosen Horatio as his friend: Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish her election, Sh'ath seal'd thee for herself. (3.2.63-65) Hamlet's friendship for Horatio, like Horatio himself,...

...absurd pomp; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish, her election Hath seal'd thee for herself: for thou hast been As one, in suffering all, that suffers nothing; A...

...'you can make no distinctions about men more than,' *. e., 'except, about their appearances.' Compare 'Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish.' — Hamlet, III, ii, 69.— WEBB: Shakespeare in this sentence expresses two separate ideas: you can...

...Hamlet, Stoicism is an ideal he hopes to see achieved. He values Horatio because he perceives in him "a man that Fortune's buffets and rewards / Hast ta'en with equal thanks; . . . not a pipe for Fortune's finger / To sound what stop she please . . . not passion's slave" (3.2.67-72)....

...perhaps, not very certainly or consistently, towards the end. Horatio represents the ideal. He is, As one, in suffering all, that suffers nothing, A...buffets and rewards Hast ta'en with equal thanks. (m. ii. 71) He has inner unity — his 'blood' (emotion) and 'judgement' are so well 'commingled' that...

...philosopher, Horatio is immune to Elsinore's distasteful world. Hamlet sees his friend As one in suff'ring all that suffers nothing, A man that Fortune's buffets and rewards Hast ta'en with equal thanks ... (3.2.64-6) The gap between Hamlet and Horatio cannot be bridged. His peer Laertes is an unapproachable...