FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Polonius
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Horatio
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Hamlet
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The Ghost
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Detailed explanation-1: -In this metaphor, the Ghost of Hamlet’s father compares Claudius to a poisonous snake who bit him and then took over as king after his death.
Detailed explanation-2: -When the ghost claims that “the serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown.” This seems a direct reference to the snake in the garden of Eden, that caused Adam and Eve’s fall from grace. SARAH: Well, of course, Ralph-after all, King Hamlet was sleeping in a garden.
Detailed explanation-3: -A serpent stung me; so the whole ear of Denmark. Is by a forged process of my death.
Detailed explanation-4: -The ghost tells Hamlet that he is, in fact, the ghost of his dead father. And there’s more: the ghost claims that Claudius killed him, taking his throne and his wife in the process. He wants Hamlet to kill Claudius in revenge. Shocked, Hamlet agrees and vows to avenge his father’s death.
Detailed explanation-5: -Claudius is the Serpent People believed that the serpent in the garden was trying to bring true wisdom and divinity to Adam and Eve, like those believing that Claudius is a great king.