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What is symbolism?
"Lay her i' th' earth, and from her fair and unpolluted flesh may violets spring!"
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Who/Where is Laertes?
Vacationing in France for most of the play until his father's death. Eventually seeks revenge for his father and sister's death.
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What is couch?
To hide or lurk
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What is an allusion?
The gravedigger referring to Adam from the Bible.
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What is an example of the bargaining and depression stage?
Laertes asking for more burial rites and jumping into his sister's grave.
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What is delver?
A word that could replace 'gravedigger'
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What is a euphemism?
When the gravedigger replaces the phrase "committed suicide" with "willfully seeks her own salvation".
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What is Ophelia's internal struggle?
To deceive Hamlet, or to be with Hamlet: that is the question.
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What is equivocation?
Misleading; to conceal something.
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