Question

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.

A: canoniz’d bones
B: hearsed in death
C: we saw thee
D: ponderous and marble jaws
E: the glimpses of the moon

Answer 1

The phrases that provide clues that "sepulchre" means "grave" are:

A: canoniz’d bones
B: hearsed in death
D: ponderous and marble jaws

These phrases suggest a context of death and burial, indicating that a sepulchre is indeed a grave or tomb.