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What is Hamlet reading as he encounters and then taunts Polonius?

Question #61723. Asked by rockinchick06.
Last updated Sep 30 2016.

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TabbyTom
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TabbyTom
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Answer has 1 vote.
"Words, words, words."

Jan 15 2006, 5:01 PM
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lanfranco
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Rock seems to be working on a crossword puzzle (a somewhat flawed one as best I can tell), and I think the required answer is simply "book." (Act II, scene 2, "Enter Hamlet reading on a book.") Besides words, words, words, Hamlet says that the book contains "slanders."

Jan 15 2006, 5:08 PM
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Answer has 2 votes.

Response last updated by CmdrK on Sep 30 2016.
Jan 15 2006, 8:42 PM
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