...father, writing King John, has Constance, whose son has disappeared, poignantly say: 'Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks...gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his fom He arrived in London and, by the age of 27, had tasted success as an actor and writer, with several...

...the grieving mother, Constance, in Shakespeare's Hamlet, use grief to fill the void: Grief fills the room up of my absent child, lies in his bed, walks up and down with me: puts on his pretty loohs, repeats his words. Remembers me of all his gracious parts, stuffs out his vacant garments with...

...into images, but her feelings become persons: grief haunts her as a living presence: Grief fills the room up of my absent child; Lies in his bed, walks...Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then have I reason to be fond of grief. And death is welcomed as a bridegroom; she sees the visionary monster...

...Shakespeare in 1596 is alleged to be reflected in Constance's famous speech in King John: Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks...his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form. Then have I reason to be fond...

...your cttiM Gtntt. Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down wjtk, me ; Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words,...gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with hti form. Then I have reason to be fond of grief." What variations cannot love play on this one string...

...Shakespeare's own sorrow in the lines of Constance grieving over her son in King John: Grief fills the room up of my absent child: Lies in his bed, walks...Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then have I reason to he fond of grief. . . . O Lord! My boy, my Arthur, my fair son! My life, my joy, my food,...

...memory can cause pain, but it can also console. As Constance explains in King John: Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks...out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief? (3.4.93-98) At this stage in her play, however, she is, like Hamlet,...

...Characteristically Constance inverts criticism of her behavior and turns it into a justification: "Grief fills the room up of my absent child / Lies in his bed, walks...out his vacant garments with his form. / then have I reason to be fond of grief?" (3.4.93-8). For Constance, her son and her grief are inseparable. Her...

...shows how we embrace our griefs and squeeze them till they take on pleasing shapes: Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks...Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then have I reason to be fond of grief. — Shakespeare, in King John -5 Mental Correctors, Suppressors, and...

...Biomedical Library A.36. 72 Letter to Fred Verney 28 February 1896, ADD Mss 68888 f!66. Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks...parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form. Nightingale said: " 'Grief fills the room up of my absent' master. I cannot say it 'walks up and down'...