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jonesca27
jonesca27
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High School - 12th Grade

What figurative or symboloic images of apprehension, sickness, decay,and disorder does Shakespeare use in order to introduce concept in Denmark?

This is in Act 1

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Posted by jonesca27 on Tuesday October 21, 2008 at 12:58 PM and tagged with act 1, hamlet, images, setting, symbols.

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  1. writergal06
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    In a soliloquy by Hamlet in Act I, he describes Denmark as a garden possessed by "things rank and gross in nature." "There's something rotten in the state of Denmark" is probably the most famous example.

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    Posted by writergal06 on Tuesday December 2, 2008 at 11:54 AM