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Claudius’s failed attempt at prayer in Act III reveals that his guilt is not rooted in ignorance or denial, but in a more complex moral failure. What does Claudius’s soliloquy most clearly reveal about the nature of his corruption?

Laertes functions as a foil to Hamlet primarily because he represents:

Eve’s decision to work apart from Adam in Book 9 is best understood as:

The speaker’s challenge to the sun most clearly emphasizes:

Both Dryden and Swift use satire primarily to:

Marvell’s depiction of solitude most strongly suggests that:

Herbert’s personification of Love emphasizes:

The play-within-a-play (The Mousetrap) primarily functions to:

Satan’s momentary reflection on repentance ultimately fails because:

The recurring imagery of decay and disease most strongly reinforces the theme that: