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What does Hamlet mean by "shuffled off this mortal coil"

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Answer:

dying

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Answer:

Hamlet is referring to death.

Step-by-step explanation:

The 'mortal coil' is referred as this current life you're living, and by reading the literature you can see he was rudely cut short of his life as 'shuffled off' infers some other force decided to 'push' him off the mortal coil.

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