Surveillance and trust

Quote

Character

Act/Scene

“Who’s there?”

Barnardo

Act 1 Scene 1

“Listen to many, speak to a few.”

Polonius

Act 1 Scene 3

“Observe his inclination in yourself.”

Polonius

Act 2 Scene 1

“I entreat you both / That, being of so young days brought up with him / And since so neighboured to his youth and ‘havior, / That you vouchsafe your rest here in our court / Some little time so by your companies / To draw him on to pleasures and to gather. . . ”

Claudius

Act 3 Scene 1

“Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.”

Claudius

Act 3 Scene 1

“I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot /...

Observe mine uncle. . . ”

Hamlet

Act 3 Scene 2

“Now might I do it pat. Now he is a-praying. / And now I’ll do it. And so he goes to heaven. / And so am I revenged...”

Hamlet

Act 3 Scene 3