Question

[Hamlet:] Imperious Cæsar, dead and turn’d to clay,

Might stop a hole to keep the wind away:

O! that that earth, which kept the world in awe,

Should patch a wall to expel the winter’s flaw.

–Hamlet,
William Shakespeare

What important topic is discussed in this passage?

weather
carpentry
revenge
death

Answer 1

death

Hamlet is reflecting on the mortality of even great figures like Caesar—turned to clay and earth—so the passage is about death.