FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Fortinbras
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Marcellus
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Chorus
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Horatio
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Detailed explanation-1: -It is spoken by Horatio, who is paying tribute to his dying friend, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. The full quote reads: “Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."
Detailed explanation-2: -From Shakespeare’s Hamlet (act V scene ii), in which Horatio utters the line to his dying friend Hamlet.
Detailed explanation-3: -Horatio is left alone with the bodies all around him. He looks down at his friend and says, ‘Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, /And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
Detailed explanation-4: -Prince Hamlet himself is poisoned and dying. His friend Horatio holds him as he dies. With the quote he bids Hamlet A final good bye, saying in effect, May angels sing you to your final sleep.
Detailed explanation-5: -When Hamlet finally does die, Horatio is holding him, and gives him a farewell of infinite tenderness: ‘Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, / And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest’ (5.2. 397-98).