Alas, poor Yorick!

"Alas, poor Yorick!" is a famous line from William Shakespeare's play, Hamlet. It is spoken by Hamlet as he contemplates the skull of Yorick, the former jester of the late King Hamlet.

Hamlet reflects on the mortality of all humans, even those who once brought joy,

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‘Alas poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio’ spoken by Hamlet is one of the best known Hamlet quotes. In fact, it’s one of the most quoted lines in all of Shakespeare – probably the most iconic image connected with Shakespeare in our culture is that of Hamlet holding a human skull, dressed in black, with the caption, ‘Alas, poor Yorick.’

 

‘Alas poor Yorik’ monologue spoken by Hamlet, Hamlet Act 5

 

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow

of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath

borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how

abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at

it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know

not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your

gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment,

that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one

now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?

Now get you to my lady’s chamber, and tell her, let

her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must

come; make her laugh at that.

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tongue-in-cheek reflection of life with a manipulated photo of my son and and ai created Yorick.. :P

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