The line is quite interesting in relation to a tarot card picture that was available in Shakespeare's time.  The image shows the World card of the Visconti-Sforza tarot deck, which was created in the middle to late 1400s.

The line is quite interesting in relation to a tarot card picture that was available in Shakespeare's time.  The image shows the World card of the Visconti-Sforza tarot deck, which was created in the middle to late 1400s.

The World card does show two "boys," cherubs, and they are indeed carrying "it" away, the "it" being the world.  The world, on that card, is a castle by the sea, on an island.  Elsinore Castle, the world of ''Hamlet,'' is a castle by the sea, on an island, since it's based on Kronborg Castle, which is exactly so.  Further, notice that the "boys," the cherubs, have wings.  They are "little ayeses" so to speak.

The World card does show two "boys," cherubs, and they are indeed carrying "it" away, the "it" being the world.  The world, on that card, is a castle by the sea, on an island.  Elsinore Castle, the world of ''Hamlet,'' is a castle by the sea, on an island, since it's based on Kronborg Castle, which is exactly so.  Further, notice that the "boys," the cherubs, have wings.  One could see them as "little eyases," so to speak.