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Jun 26, 2016 · The quote “ When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions ” was used by Claudius in Shakespeare play, Hamlet, Act IV, Scene V. Claudius meant that, when bad incidents occur, they do not happen alone and many other bad happenings occur simultaneously to contribute to human tragedy.
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From Shakespeare’s Hamlet, 1602: Claudius: O, this is the poison of deep grief; it springs. All from her father’s death. O Gertrude, Gertrude, When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in battalions. First, her father slain: Next, your son gone; and he most violent author.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in battalions! First, her father slain; 2940 Next, your son gone, and he most violent author Of his own just remove; the people muddied, Thick and and unwholesome in their thoughts and whispers For good Polonius' death, and we have done but greenly In hugger-mugger to inter him; poor Ophelia 2945
Jun 2, 2020 · Act 2, scene 2 Claudius and Gertrude set Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two boyhood friends of Hamlet, to spy on him. When Hamlet himself enters, he is confronted first by Polonius and then by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, whom he quickly identifies as Claudius’s spies.
O Gertrude, Gertrude, When sorrows come, they come not single spies But in battalions. First, her father slain. Next, your son gone, and he most violent author Of his own just remove.
O Gertrude, Gertrude, When sorrows come, they come not single spies But in battalions.
The queen is concerned by Ophelia’s madness but is not sure of how to react. Horatio Hamlet’s friend urges Gertrude to speak with Ophelia and brings her to the royal family.
