
Re: From Hamlet
The passage you quote demonstrates how Hamlet is losing his paranoid marbles at this point
Methinks that interpretation is lacking critical mass in the "sufficiently supported by evidence" department. Hamlet does not need to sound clever and is clearly using standard english practiced by Princes and Kings of Denmark (and their running dog lackeys) worldwide. He is just performing a simple unit test on the Obedient Advisor and reaching a clear 11 on the sycophanticity scale.