...to his own conceit That from her working all his visage waned. Tears in his eyes, distraction in his aspect, A broken voice, and his whole function suiting...him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her? (551-59) The players' ability prompts Hamlet to conjure his "mousetrap" scheme to catch Claudius. Hamlet...

...his whole conceit That from her working all his visage wanned, Tears in his eyes, distraction in 's aspect, A broken voice, and his whole function suiting...he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? (2.2.553-64) Here, as elsewhere when he himself is cast as a spectator of grief, Hamlet 'weeps at not...