Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet. Claudius: Good Laertes, If Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii. Hamlet: ... but tell Why thy canoniz’d bones, hearsed in death, Have burst their cerements; why the sepulchre, Wherein we saw thee quietly inurn’d,55 Hath op’d his ponderous and marble jaws, To cast thee up again. What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel Revisit’st thus the glimpses of the moon ...
Which phrases provide clues that sepulchre means "grave”? Choose three answers. canoniz’d bones hearsed in death we saw thee ponderous and marble jaws the glimpses of the moonyou desire to know the certainty Of your dear father's death, is 't writ in your revenge, That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe, Winner and loser? Laertes: None but his enemies. Claudius: Will you know them then? Laertes: To his good friends thus wide I'll ope my arms; And like the kind life-rendering pelican, Repast them with my blood. How does this confrontation advance the plot? A. The concept of revenge is introduced for the first time in the play. B. The play’s action reaches a climax as Laertes exacts revenge. C. The suspense builds as Claudius clarifies Laertes's goal. D. The play's action is resolved as Claudius and Laertes make peace.