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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Hamlet
Hi I have a few questions about hamlet, could you help me? 
I need to select a passage of no more than ten lines within Hamlet that requires an appreciation of a cultural or political aspect of Elizabethan life to understand.
I need to select a passage of no more than ten lines within Hamlet that requires an appreciation of a cultural or political aspect of Elizabethan life to understand.
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I suggest you take a passage from Act 3, scene 3, which is one of the key moments in the play. King Claudius is praying when Hamlet comes upon him and could kill him. However, he lets him go because this would not be true revenge.
- I suggest you take a passage from Act 3, scene 3, which is one of the key moments in the play.
- King Claudius is praying when Hamlet comes upon him and could kill him.
- However, he lets him go because this would not be true revenge.
- Because if the King prayed for and received forgiveness, his soul would be safe and Hamlet needs him to be damned.
- The cultural aspect is that is follows the pattern of the Revenge plays of the time as well as the Christian belief about prayer, souls, and forgiveness.
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I suggest you take a passage from Act 3, scene 3, which is one of the key moments in the play. King Claudius is praying when Hamlet comes upon him and could kill him. However, he lets him go because this would not be true revenge. Because if the King prayed for and received forgiveness, his soul would be safe and Hamlet needs him to be damned. The cultural aspect is that is follows the patter
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