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* The ending of ''Hamlet''.

* This troper recently saw a version that incorporated American Sign Language into the production. It worked amazingly well, surprisingly. As Hamlet is dying, he speaks most of the above line in a voice so faltering that it was almost inaudible, then, apparently unable to speak another word, signs "silence" and dies. Since the sign for "silence" is a sweeping gesture with both hands from the mouth away, it felt like a visual representation of his soul leaving his body. This troper always cries at the end of ''Hamlet'', and this production had her in absolute floods of tears.

* Hamlet's opening monolouge, especially the last line - ''"break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue"''