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”? Check all that apply.
canoniz’d bones
hearsed in death
we saw thee
ponderous and marble jaws
the glimpses of the moon
Hamlet act I scene III. "Hamlet.. but tell Why thy canoniz'd bones, hearsed in death, Have burst their cerements; why they sepulchre, Wherein we saw thee quietly inurn'd, 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..." Canonized bones and hearsed in death provide clues that sepulchre means "grave".
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