For this relief much thanks; 'tis bitter cold
And I am sick at heart.
- Hamlet (1.1.10), Francisco to Barnardo

Note - Francisco is a minor character in the play, and this is his most significant line. Francisco's lament that he is "sick at heart" acts in concert with Marcellus's "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" (1.4) to provide an account of a diseased country. Their comments set the gloomy mood of a neglected populace and substantiate Hamlet's suspicions about Claudius's corruption.

Soliloquy Analysis: O this too too... (1.2.131)
 

Soliloquy Analysis: O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!... (2.2.555-612)
 

Soliloquy Analysis: To be, or not to be... (3.1.64-98)
 

Soliloquy Analysis: Tis now the very witching time of night... (3.2.380-91)
 

Soliloquy Analysis: Now might I do it pat... (3.3.77-100)
 

Soliloquy Analysis: How all occasions do inform against me... (4.4.35-69)