Who is sanguine in hamlet

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Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Courtesy Pierpont Morgan Library. A medieval German woodcut depicts the temperaments of the cold and dry qualities of the melancholic disposition, which were associated with old age, retentiveness, and scholarship, like the old man depicted here with his head resting on a table. In the human body, the interaction of the four humors explained differences of age, gender, emotions, and disposition.

The influence of the humors changed with the seasons and times of day and with the human life span. Heat stimulated action, cold depressed it.

Astrological Signs. Gemini, Libra, Aquarius. Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces. Aries, Leo, Sagittarius. Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn. Hot and Moist. Cold and Moist. Hot and Dry. Cold and Dry. Phase of Life.

Childhood also senility. Old Age. Large-framed, with a pink or red complexion. Astrological man, A 14th century astrological man. Henry IV and the theory of humorism One play really stands out when it comes to the subject of humours. Woodcut of drinking and vomiting. Woodcut of two men drinking, over-consuming and vomiting. Too much phlegm All the temperaments have their good and bad sides. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

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