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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet. To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. What does Hamlet mean by "shuffled off this mortal coil"? A. dying B. living C. dreaming D.sleeping

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the answer is D) sleeping

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Answer:

A. dying

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In this famous soliloquy, Hamlet contemplates the possibility of death, and wonders whether this can sometimes be better than life. He dreams of being able to get rid of his worldly problems and instead "sleep." However, he is concerned that in this sleep of death, the dreams are bad. He is worried because we do not know what, if anything, awaits us after death. When he reflects on the dreams that might come after having "shuffled off his mortal coil," he refers to whatever might come to him after death.

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