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for each of the five quotes identify the literal meaning , how this quote develops theme and the sources. these quotes are from hamlet by the way
1.A litte ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets (I.i.113-115)
2....Priam's slaughter: if it live in your memory, begin at this line; - let me see, let me see; 'The rugged Pyrrhus, like th' Hyrcanian beast..." (II.ii.419-422)
3.So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr (I.ii.139-140)
4.I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant. It out-Herods Herod. Pray you, avoid it.” (III.ii.14)
5.It hath the primal eldest curse upon ’t (III.iii.37)
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the answer to the first quote is that throughout this quote the theme of racism is developed. Hamlet is being raciest towards the actor when suggesting that he will whip him just because of the way he is exaggerating through his blackness.
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