FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Osric
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Horatio
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Fortinbras
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -From Shakespeare’s Hamlet (act V scene ii), in which Horatio utters the line to his dying friend Hamlet.
Detailed explanation-2: -But not, of course, “Good night, sweet prince.” Spoiler alert: After Hamlet dies in the final scene’s bloodbath, his friend Horatio offers: “Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, / And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest-” (Hamlet 5.2. 302-03). These are tender lines, and mellifluous, too.
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: -The full quote reads: “Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” The quote is popularly used in tributes when someone dies, and was the final line of King Charles III’s first address after his mother Queen Elizabeth II died.
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).