FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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He calls them sponges, saying they soak up the King’s words, commands and gifts.
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He calls them leeches, saying they associate themselves with the King to appear superior to other commoners.
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He calls them monsters, saying they are selfish and look for ways to destroy others.
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He calls them monkeys, saying they follow the King’s orders without thinking.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -’ 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -He calls Rosencrantz a “sponge . . . that soaks up the king’s countenance, his rewards, his authorities, ” and warns him that “when he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again” (IV. ii. 11–19).
Detailed explanation-4: -Why does Hamlet call Rosencrantz a ‘sponge’? Because Rosencratz soaks up the words of others and just recites them to other people. To what else besides a sponge, does Hamlet compare Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Detailed explanation-5: -He tells her that he distrusts Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and that they are undoubtedly taking him to England to do some foul bidding for Claudius.