FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Hamlet
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Claudius
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Horatio
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Fortinbras
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the words of Hamlet, “I am pigeon-livered and lack gall.” Hamlet (2/2 pg. 44). This statement portrays Hamlet’s continuous struggle to seek revenge on Claudius throughout the play. He knows that revenge is in order, but he doesn’t believe he will be able to carry it out.
Detailed explanation-2: -When Hamlet says he “lacks the gall to make oppression bitter” he means that he doesn’t have what it takes to take revenge on Claudius. “To make oppression bitter” refers to turning the tables on a oppressor, who, once overwhelmed, faces the bitterness of defeat.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2, lines 578-580. Hamlet says this when he accuses himself of being a coward. He means that if he weren’t a coward he would have killed King Claudius and fed his guts to the kites, which are carrion-eating birds.
Detailed explanation-4: -uncountable an attitude towards other people that shows a lack of respect or care for their needs. have the gall to do something: He had the gall to call me a bad parent! Synonyms and related words.