Hamlet says that this person is a spongewho is just being used to absorb information andrewards and will soon be discarded.

HAMLET

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Hamlet says that this person is a “sponge”who is just being used to absorb information andrewards and will soon be discarded.

A	Polonius
B	Rosencrantz
C	Ophelia
D	Laertes

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -’ When Hamlet says Rosencrantz is a sponge, he is accusing Rosencrantz of doing whatever Claudius asks him to do. Hamlet is accusing Rosencrantz of being a pushover and a blind follower. Help improve Study.com.

Detailed explanation-2: -A sponge? Rosencrantz asks. shall be dry again. Yep, a sponge, Hamlet says.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet finally reveals his full disdain for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, saying that he has neither love nor respect for them or their King, to whom he refers as a “thing.” Hamlet calls his classmates the worst kind of parasites.

Detailed explanation-4: -He will not let Rosencrantz and Guildenstern take Polonius’s body to the chapel and will not give them a clear answer when asked where it is. He insults them for being pathetic puppets of the king, but eventually allows them to take him to see Claudius.

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