THis speech occurs at the end of II,ii after Hamlet has witnessed a travelling player recite lines from an old play dealing with the destructiopn of Troy. The lines relate to the grief of queen Hecuba for her husband, King Priam, killed by Pyrrhus. Hamlet is so impressed by the emotion engenderted by the actor thta he becomes critical of his own behaviour in not having moved more decisively against Claudius. He describes himself as a 'rogue' and a peasant, - a person on the lowest rung of the social ladder. The element of 'conceit' or imagination involved in the player's performance is what especially annoys Hamlet with regard to himself. He gives a detailed description of the Playe