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:
someone you feel sorry for
or:
a person of bad character
or:
a person of bad character