Ponds are frequently human-constructed. In the countryside farmers and villagers dig a pond in their backyard or increase the depth of an existing pond by removing layers of mud during summer season. A wide variety of artificial bodies of water are classified as ponds.
In Act 4, Scene 5, Queen Gertrude has an aside, and she speaks directly to the audience saying âTo my sick soul, as sinâs true nature is, Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spiltâ (17-20).
Ecclesiastes 6:9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering, of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. The English word vexation is translated from the Hebrew word reuth which has its origin in another Hebrew word ra`ah. By looking at the root word ra`ah we see the emphasis and the scope of meaning in the phrase vexation of spirit.