Where does "what a piece of work is man" come from and what is it in full.
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2006-11-01 07:43:05 · 5 answers · asked by Ley 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so."
--From Hamlet (II, ii, 115-117)
2006-11-01 07:45:26 · answer #1 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so."
--From Hamlet (II, ii, 115-117)
2006-11-01 07:45:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
"What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals!"
2006-11-01 07:52:23 · answer #3 · answered by Grey 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii
What a piece of work is man!
How noble in reason!
how infinite in faculties!
in form and moving, how express and admirable!
in action how like an angel!
in apprehension, how like a god!
the beauty of the world!
the paragon of animals!
And yet, to me,
what is this quintessence of dust?
2006-11-01 07:46:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hamlet.
2006-11-01 07:45:26 · answer #5 · answered by idler22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋