 | John E. Gedo - Medical - 2005 - 228 pages
...degree of passion involved. As Hamlet says about an actor's tearful performance, ... all for nothing! For Hecuba! What's Hecuba to him or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her? This is in contrast to Hamlet's own state, lacking in "gall." It is not simply a matter of demonstrativeness... | |
 | Harriett Hawkins - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 308 pages
...syntax breaks down in a series of short, bitter phrases marking the first "turn": "And all for nothing,/ For Hecuba!/ What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba,/ That he should weep for her?" Then, in another shift he finally comes to the reason for his self-reproach, which is stated as another... | |
 | Euripides - Drama - 2005 - 100 pages
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What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her/ What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have... 
