All 5 Uses of
treason
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Run barefoot up and down, threatening the flames
With bisson rheum; a clout upon that head
Where late the diadem stood, and for a robe,
About her lank and all o'erteemed loins,
A blanket, in the alarm of fear caught up;— Who this had seen, with tongue in venom steep'd,
'Gainst Fortune's state would treason have pronounc'd:
But if the gods themselves did see her then,
When she saw Pyrrhus make malicious sport
In mincing with his sword her husband's limbs,
The instant burst of clamour that she made,— Unless things mortal move them not at all,— Would have made milch the burning eyes of heaven,
And passion in the gods.†Scene 2.2treason = an act of betrayal
- Such love must needs be treason in my breast:
In second husband let me be accurst!†Scene 3.2 *
- —Let him go, Gertrude; do not fear our person:
There's such divinity doth hedge a king,
That treason can but peep to what it would,
Acts little of his will.†Scene 4.5
- Treason!†
Scene 5.2
- treason!†
Scene 5.2
Definition:
betraying someone or something -- typically betraying one's own country
(in this context, to betray is to not be loyal--often by helping enemies)
(in this context, to betray is to not be loyal--often by helping enemies)