All 3 Uses of
wretch
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- From me, whose love was of that dignity That it went hand in hand even with the vow I made to her in marriage; and to decline Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor To those of mine!†
Scene 1.5
- But look where sadly the poor wretch comes reading.†
Scene 2.2 *
- Her clothes spread wide; And, mermaid-like, awhile they bore her up; Which time she chaunted snatches of old tunes; As one incapable of her own distress, Or like a creature native and indu'd Unto that element: but long it could not be Till that her garments, heavy with their drink, Pull'd the poor wretch from her melodious lay To muddy death.†
Scene 4.7
Definition:
-
(wretch) someone you feel sorry for
or:
a person of bad character