...devise laws for the blood, But a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree. [The Merchant Of Venice I ii 12] Give me that man that is not passion's slave, And I will wear him in my heart's core. [Hamlet III ii 68] Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,...

...advancement may I hope from thee,/ That no revenue hast but thy good spirits To feed and clothe thee?//... Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and...this./// There is a play tonight before the king./ One scene of it comes near the circumstance Which I have told thee of my father's death.// I pr'ythee,...

...shall not lack. (1, 5, 183-87) We may quote also, from Hamlet's praise of Horatio in another scene: Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and...heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee. (Ill, 2, 79-82) Hamlet is also quick to recognize, in others, a virtue that he himself needs to perfect....

...— the only person who never betrays the unhappy prince — from whom he expects complete support. "Give me that man / That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him / In my hearts core, ay, in my heart of heart, / As I do thee," says Hamlet to his dearest companion. There...

...those Whose blood and judgement are so well commingled That they are not a pipe for Fortunes finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That...heart's core, ay in my heart of heart, As I do thee. (3.2-58-67) Hamlet's praise of Horatio's stoic resolve reveals something enormously valuable in the...

...death since morally an avenger could not be allowed to survive. Only Horatio remains true to Hamlet. "Give me that man / That is not passion's slave, and...him / In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart" (3.2.70-72) says Hamlet, little thinking, perhaps, that he is not only describing Horatio but also...

...trouble. Shakespeare had his melancholy protagonist Hamlet also praise reason over emotion. He wrote, "Give me that man / That is not passion's slave, and...him / In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart." That man whom Hamlet considers not to be passion's slave is his friend Horatio. 145 Copyright © 2005...

...Hamlet talks theoretically of the man "That is not passion's slave" (III, ii, 77) and claims that he will wear him "In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, / As I do thee" (III, ii, 78-79). The image recalls Polonius's advice to Laertes in I, iii, "Those friends thou hast,...