FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Loved one
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Prince Hamlet
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Sweet Prince
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The full quote reads: “Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” The quote is popularly used in tributes when someone dies, and was the final line of King Charles III’s first address after his mother Queen Elizabeth II died.
Detailed explanation-2: -’Goodnight sweet prince. And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest’ is from Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet. It is said by Hamlet’s friend Horatio, to Hamlet, who has died from a poisoned rapier wound. It is a farewell salute to a dear, loved and respected friend.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the tragedy, Horatio pays tribute to his dying friend Hamlet with the words “Goodnight, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest”. Stay up to date with the latest news from across the UK and around the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet’s final line is to his friend Horatio. Hamlet says, “The rest is silence.” Hamlet tells this to Horatio as he is dying and after Gertrude, Laertes, and Claudius have all died.
Detailed explanation-5: -’To be, or not to be: that is the question’. Arguably the most famous quotation in the whole of Hamlet, this line begins one of Hamlet’s darkest and most philosophical soliloquies.