The three phrases from "Hamlet" that provide clues that sepulchre means "grave" are the following:
A. Canoniz'd bones
B. Hearsed in death
D. Ponderous and marble jaws
- In Act I, scene III from the tragic play "Hamlet," by William Shakespeare, there are the following lines:
"Why thy canoniz'd bones, hearsed in death, Have burst their cerements; why they sepulchre, Wherein we saw thee quietly inurn'd, Hath op'd his ponderous and marble jaws, . . ."
- We can use context clues to figure out the meaning of the word "sepulchre" in the excerpt.
What are context clues?
- They are words or phrases an author uses to give readers hints about the meaning of other words or phrases.
What are the context clues in the excerpt?
- Three phrases that function as context clues here are: "canoniz'd bones," "hearsed in death," and "ponderous and marble jaws."
- They all refer to death and to a skeleton. The last one may be a bit harder to understand, but "marble jaws" refers to the white color of the bones one the flesh is gone.
- With that in mind, we choose options A, B, and D as clues that sepulchre means "grave".
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