Hamlet We Defy Augury Analysis

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Hamlet said to Horatio ‘We defy augury. There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ’tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it be not now, yet it will come—the readiness is all.’’ Which simply mean we defy superstitions such as the death of a sparrow. But everything will work out as it is destined. If it is suppose to happen now, it will. But if it not now then it will happen later. It’s most important is to be prepared and ready for it. This quotation by Hamlet proves true in both Hamlet and in life.
Everybody know that everybody dies. Hamlet know that too when he said these word to Horatio before the duel between him and Laertes. In a duel, there is only a winner and a loser. But in that time period, only way to win was to kill the other person. Like the duel between Hamlet’s father and King Fortinbras. King Fortinbras has lost his life and his land to king Hamlet who was the winner. Hamlet know he will either die in the duel or later in the future. So he is prepared to die. Hamlet also known he had to fight Laertes after kill Poloni...

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