Hamlet - "Hobbyhorse"?

Question: Hamlet - "Hobbyhorse"!?

“For O, For O, the hobbyhorse is forgot” How is this line relavent to the theme or purpose of the play!? This line is act 3 scene 2 p!. 160!. I wondering what your thoughts are and what other people's interpretation of this line would be!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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as far as i can tell, the hobby horse was specifically related to a theatrical group (Morris) and was a common theme, i think!. apparently as england evolved, more puritanical institutions were imposed on theatrical endeavors and labeled the hobby horse/man "low" culture and banished because it was impios!. if you stretch it, you can relate it to hamlet, who is considered mad and course and impious and low at this moment whether he truly is or it simply is what he has decided to show others!. it seems to be thrown into a mix of ramblings!. at the initial part of the stanza!? he calls himself a devil, then offers sarcasm to the fact that he forgets/remembers his fathers murder and how that must make a great man so great he should build churches and then throw the hobby horse line in, which maybe alluding to the true evil/liar he believes polonius and claudius are!. not sure how really relavent to the theme/purpose of the play it is!. i always assumed it closer to the ramblings of his supposed madness!. check out the links and tell me what you think!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com