800 characters of context from B. A. P. Van Dam, The Text of Shakespeare's Hamlet

800 characters of context from B. A. P. Van Dam, The Text of Shakespeare's Hamlet

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will be likely to repeat intentionally, with the express purpose of making a
deeper impression, even if it is not prescribed by his part. As an instance of
this may be mentioned the Nunry repetition, five times in the Q but eight times
in the Q S. A more striking example is given' by the anonymous writer in his
above-cited article in The Edinburgh Review, on p. 368:
...... we have seen Edmund Kean, in acting this scene [Olh. III, 31, run the word
'blood' [III, 3, 45] through half a dozen repetitions, each uttered with a more malig-
nant burst of hatred, and accompanied by a fiercer gesture, imitating the anticipated
act of vengeance.
INTERJECTIONS may, if desired, be reckoned among the repetitions. The
Q S contains a large number of them which do not occur in the Q, e.g. t