Very good question, Spike. I'm gunna cheat a bit here and quote from Arden's Hamlet notes by Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor: “This pretty piece of chiasmus [the wordplay of reversing the parallel terms body and King] sounds impressive but is singularly reluctant to yield up a sense that can be apprehended by an audience in a theatre. Intended as a riddle, it remains a riddle’ (Hibbard). Jennens, however, explains, ‘The body, being in the palace, might be said to be with the king; though the king, not being in the same room with the body, was not with the body.’ Hamlet might also mean that the King is not with the body in the sense that he is not (yet) dead. Other editors suggest an allusion to the theory of the king’s two bodies (natural and political), whereby Hamlet casts doubt on the legitimacy of this king, implying that his kingship does not reside in his physical body (see Jenkins, LN).”
@@5QShakespeare Sir, I think its about may the body of the king is existing, He rules, speaks and makes decisions. But "the body is not with the king" means the lack of the qualities of a king(personality like king hamlet), a right one that not just a body on the throne. Did u Catch the idea? What do u think about that?
Tricky riddle that. This is the explanation from Arden Shakespeare: "The body, being in the palace, might be said to be with the king; though the king, not being in the same room with the body, was not with the body.’ Hamlet might also mean that the King is not with the body in the sense that he is not (yet) dead. Other editors suggest an allusion to the theory of the king’s two bodies (natural and political), whereby Hamlet casts doubt on the legitimacy of this king, implying that his kingship does not reside in his physical body ”- Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor
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Sir, what about the body is with the king but the king is not with the body...?
Very good question, Spike. I'm gunna cheat a bit here and quote from Arden's Hamlet notes by
Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor:
“This pretty piece of chiasmus [the wordplay of reversing the parallel terms body and King] sounds impressive but is singularly reluctant to yield up a sense that can be apprehended by an audience in a theatre. Intended as a riddle, it remains a riddle’ (Hibbard). Jennens, however, explains, ‘The body, being in the palace, might be said to be with the king; though the king, not being in the same room with the body, was not with the body.’ Hamlet might also mean that the King is not with the body in the sense that he is not (yet) dead. Other editors suggest an allusion to the theory of the king’s two bodies (natural and political), whereby Hamlet casts doubt on the legitimacy of this king, implying that his kingship does not reside in his physical body (see Jenkins, LN).”
I think the "king’s two bodies" explanation makes the most sense.
@@5QShakespeare Sir, I think its about may the body of the king is existing, He rules, speaks and makes decisions. But "the body is not with the king" means the lack of the qualities of a king(personality like king hamlet), a right one that not just a body on the throne. Did u Catch the idea? What do u think about that?
@@spikespiegel2332Yeah, that makes sense. Lack of fitness and legitimacy.
Where is the body of Polonius ?
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"But if indeed you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby."
What do we mean by *the body is with the king but the king is not with the body ?
Tricky riddle that. This is the explanation from Arden Shakespeare: "The body, being in the palace, might be said to be with the king; though the king, not being in the same room with the body, was not with the body.’ Hamlet might also mean that the King is not with the body in the sense that he is not (yet) dead. Other editors suggest an allusion to the theory of the king’s two bodies (natural and political), whereby Hamlet casts doubt on the legitimacy of this king, implying that his kingship does not reside in his physical body ”- Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor