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Which statement best explains why hamlet alludes to Pyrrhus throughout act scene of hamlet

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The allusion highlights the idea of avenging a father’s murder.

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In Hamlet, Act II Scene II, when the actors arrive at the castle, Hamlet asks for a speech he once heard performed. It's the tale Aeneas told Dido about Priam's murder, all drawn from Virgil's Aeneid. It's a significant story because Pyrrhus, son of the warrior Achilles, comes to Troy in the Trojan horse to avenge the death of his father by killing Priam, King of Troy.

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