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Notes for lines 0-1017 ed. Bernice W. Kliman

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353 Marcellus.

1875 Marshall

Marshall

353-6 Marshall (1875, pp. 18-19): <p. 18>“A little afterwards there is a slight touch which often escapes the actor. Horatio is accompanied by Marcellus and Bernardo, of whom Bernardo is known to Hamlet but slightly; he answers the greeting of Marcellus less warmly than that of Horatio, but still in such a manner as to show he is a friend who enjoys his confidence, ‘I am very glad to see you;’ then turning to </p. 18><p. 19> Bernardo, who has not ventured to intrude himself upon his prince’s notice, he says, ‘Good even, Sir;’ immediately after having thus satisfied the claims of politeness, he turns eagerly again to Horatio, of whose departure from Wittenberg he was evidently ignorant.”</p. 19>

1885 macd

macd

353 Marcellus.] MacDonald (ed. 1885): “In recognition: the word belongs to Hamlet’s speech.”

1929 trav

trav: Bradley

353 Marcellus.] Travers (ed. 1929) rejects the question mark that many editors substitute for the period, which, he says, indicates a sentence broken off.

1980 pen2

pen2

353 Spencer (ed. 1980): “Presumably Hamlet recognizes Marcellus. He greets Barnardo formally as if not previously known to him, though Barnardo seems to be of the same military rank as Marcellus. Horatio refers to them as gentlemen (lines 194 and 196).”

1982 ard2

ard2: ≈ trav without attribution

353 Marcellus] Jenkins (ed. 1982): “Though most eds. add a question-mark, this is surely a simple greeting, to which Marcellus replies.”

1987 oxf4

oxf4

353 Marcellus] Hibbard (ed. 1987): "F indents the word as though it were a speech prefix; the catchword for the previous page is ‘Mar.’, the abbreviated prefix for [1.2.166 (354]."