Note to Hamlet, 3.2.397: "My tongue and soul in this be hypocrites"


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My tongue and soul in this be hypocrites: Hamlet is determined not to harm his mother, despite his burning anger; thus, both his tongue and soul will be hypocrites. His tongue will never say, and his soul will never allow to be said or done, what he desires at this moment: the death of his mother.