This character claims that he could be confined to a nutshell and count himself "a king of infinite space," if not for his bad dreams.
After hearing an actor's speech, this character asks, "What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba?" in a speech calling himself a "rogue and peasant slave." This character claims that he could be confined to a nutshell and count himself "a king of infinite space," if not for his bad dreams. The work this character appears in is called "most certainly an artistic failure" in a T. S. Eliot essay about this character's problems. This protagonist calls another character a "fishmonger" and later stabs him through an arras. This character kills Polonius and loses his love interest, Ophelia. For 10 points, name this prince of Denmark from a Shakespeare tragedy.
After hearing an actor's speech, this character asks, "What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba?" in a speech calling himself a "rogue and peasant slave.
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark