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How does the motif of disease and decay in this

passage relate to a larger theme in the play?
[Hamlet:) It will but skin and film the ulcerous place,
Whiles rank corruption, mining all within,
Infects unseen. Confess yourself to heaven;
Repent what's past; avoid what is to come;
And do not spread the compost on the weeds
To make them ranker.
-Hamlet,
William Shakespeare
It highlights the idea that the strongest bond is the
one between father and son.
It reminds the audience that the government of
Denmark is rotten and corrupt.
It suggests that people can never truly understand
one another
It emphasizes the fact that King Hamlet died after a
long illness.

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Answer:

It reminds the audience that the government of Denmark is rotten and corrupt.

Step-by-step explanation:

William Shakespeare's tragedy play "Hamlet" revolves around the revenge taken by a young prince for the murder of his father. Hamlet, assisted by the ghost of his dead father King Hamlet, he exacts revenge on his uncle and murderer, the current King of Denmark Claudius.

The excerpt in the question is taken from Act III scene iv where Hamlet confronts his mother, Queen Gertrude about her actions about the whole situation. Hamlet accuses her of 'rotting from the inside' even though she may have acted like she really cared for him or even about her dead husband, she is the same just like her new husband King Claudius. Using the motif of decay and rot in his speech, Hamlet is also referring to the rotten and corrupt state of the government of Denmark.

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