"My father--methinks I see my father ... In my mind's eye."
— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Work Title
Date
1603
Metaphor
"My father--methinks I see my father ... In my mind's eye."
Metaphor in Context
HAMLET
Thrift, thrift, Horatio. The funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven
Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio!
My father--methinks I see my father.
HORATIO
Where, my lord?
HAMLET
In my mind's eye, Horatio.
(I.ii.180-6)
Thrift, thrift, Horatio. The funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven
Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio!
My father--methinks I see my father.
HORATIO
Where, my lord?
HAMLET
In my mind's eye, Horatio.
(I.ii.180-6)
Categories
Provenance
Reading Alwin Thaler's "In My Mind's Eye, Horatio." Shakespeare Quarterly. Vol. 7, No. 4 (Autumn, 1965), p. 351.
Citation
Shakespeare, William. The Complete Works. Oxford Shakespeare. Electronic Edition for the IBM PC. Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor, Editor.
Theme
Mind's Eye
Date of Entry
04/18/2006
