FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Hamlet
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Claudius
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Laertes
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Horatio
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet declared his love for Ophelia by saying, “I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum. (5.1)” This quote expresses Hamlet’s love perfectly by saying how much he truly loves her.
Detailed explanation-2: -’forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum. ‘ (hamlet, shakespeare)
Detailed explanation-3: -He goes on to insult Ophelia and tells her to go to a nunnery. He tells her that this will be the best place for her and, by being a nun, Ophelia won’t have children and produce wicked men like his uncle.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the letter, Hamlet says that his ship was captured by pirates, who have returned him to Denmark. He asks Horatio to escort the sailors to the king and queen, for they have messages for them as well. He also says that he has much to tell of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Detailed explanation-5: -The phrase ‘ .. forty thousand brothers’ illustrates a figure of speech called hyperbole.