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Act I, Scene ii
HORATIO: My lord, I came to see your father’s funeral.
HAMLET: I prithee do no mock me, fellow student,
I think it was to see my mother’s wedding.
HORATIO: Indeed, my lord, it followed hard upon.
HAMLET: Thrift, thrift, Horatio! The funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven
Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio!
My father—methinks I see my father.
HORATIO: O, where, my lord?
HAMLET: In my mind’s eye, Horatio.
HORATIO: I saw him once. He was a goodly king.
HAMLET: He was a man, take him for all in all.
I shall not look upon his like again.
HORATIO: My lord, I think I saw him yesternight.
HAMLET: Saw? Who?
HORATIO: My lord, the King your father.
HAMLET: The King my father?
HORATIO: Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear, till I may deliver,
Upon the witness of these gentlemen,
This marvel to you.
HAMLET:
For God’s love let me hear!

from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare uses, "Season your admiration for a while" to mean that
A.
Hamlet should silently accept the facts.
B.
Hamlet should try to wait patiently.
C.
Hamlet should jump to conclusions.
D.
Hamlet should trust his natural instincts.

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
B.

"Season" here means "temper" or "moderate." Horatio is asking Hamlet to restrain his astonishment and wait/listen patiently while Horatio explains, with witnesses, what he saw.