FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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In the famous quote, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark", from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the word ‘rotten’ has a double meaning:decayed and ____
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dead
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sour
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evil
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old
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -(idiomatic) Something is not right, seriously amiss, especially when leading to suspicion of motive. quotations ▼
Detailed explanation-2: -Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. That one may smile and smile and be a villain. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in our philosophy.
Detailed explanation-3: -The selected quotation is a familiar line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet and is spoken by a character known as Marcellus.
Detailed explanation-4: -In this line from Act I, Marcellus quips that something in Denmark is rotten, a metaphor that invokes images of decay and corruption. Marcellus speaks this line just after the Ghost lures Hamlet away to talk to him.
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