Question
Read the excerpt from Hamlet.
Hamlet: No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make loam, and why of that loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel?
Imperious Caesar, dead and turn’d to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away
Shakespeare makes allusions to the great rulers Alexander and Caesar to
A: contrast the deaths of Alexander and Caesar.
B: show how kings should behave around death.
C: compare Hamlet to two rulers who died.
D: emphasize that everyone eventually dies.
Hamlet: No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make loam, and why of that loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel?
Imperious Caesar, dead and turn’d to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away
Shakespeare makes allusions to the great rulers Alexander and Caesar to
A: contrast the deaths of Alexander and Caesar.
B: show how kings should behave around death.
C: compare Hamlet to two rulers who died.
D: emphasize that everyone eventually dies.
Answers
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Shakespeare makes allusions to the great rulers Alexander and Caesar to
**D: emphasize that everyone eventually dies.**
In this excerpt, Hamlet reflects on the inevitability of death and the common fate that awaits all, regardless of their status or power during life.
**D: emphasize that everyone eventually dies.**
In this excerpt, Hamlet reflects on the inevitability of death and the common fate that awaits all, regardless of their status or power during life.