| John F. Hayward - 2002 - 196 pages
...Horatio. Hamlet replies, Not a whit, we defy augury; there's a special providence in the fall of the sparrow. If it be now, Tis not to come; if it be not...not now, yet it will come — the readiness is all. "The Readiness Is All" is a good title for the wild horses picture. One has to be ready in the midst... | |
| Richard Alan Krieger - 2007 - 344 pages
...be." — "Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest, lend less than thou owest." — "If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come,...not now, yet it will come; the readiness is all." — "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." — Shakespeare "Our senses, as our reason, are divine."... | |
| Phillip Sipiora, James S. Baumlin - 2002 - 276 pages
...time—and particularly the timing of one's death—cannot, nor should it, be subject to human intervention: "If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come,...be not now; yet it will come. The readiness is all. Since no man of aught he leaves, knows, what is 't to leave betimes? Let be" (5.2.217-22). Whereas... | |
| William Gruber - 2002 - 147 pages
...man can die but once. We owe God a death. An't be my destiny, so. An't be not, so." Or Hamlet: "If 't be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it...be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is alL" Benge drank the water. He didn't double over in spasms, not immediately nor on the way back to town... | |
| Andy Lavender - 2003 - 292 pages
...Sangare then speaks Hamlet's lines (in the play they come before he goes to his duel with Laertes): There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow....be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. There are three closing utterances. Firstly, Craig asserts that the words 'today', yesterday' and especially... | |
| J. Philip Newell - 2003 - 148 pages
...and our varied attempts at redirecting it. In pondering the possibility of his own death, he says, There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow....be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. (Hamlet V 2 214-16) This is a major feature of the contemplative's message, as it is of the fool's.... | |
| Robert Smallwood - 2003 - 252 pages
...moment when the actor has to strip away any sense of display, or contrivance, or self-consciousness: There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow....be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. Since no man knows of aught he leaves, what is't to leave betimes? Let be. (vu 213-18) This fatalism... | |
| Catherine M. S. Alexander - 488 pages
...experience them as embodiments of tragic understanding: Not a whit, we defy augury. There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now,...be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. Since no man knows aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave berimes. Let be. (Hamlet, v, ii, 221-6)... | |
| K. H. Anthol - 2003 - 344 pages
...their repair hither, and say you are not fit. 229 Ham. Not a whit; we defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now,...be not now, yet it will come; the readiness is all. Since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes? [Let be.] 235 I 70. [bet] Q.,.... | |
| Lloyd Davis - 2003 - 344 pages
...directly to the understanding of Kairos described in this paper: We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now,...be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. (5.2.157-60) Here all the components of Kairos come together — an openness to opportunity and what... | |
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