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Question: English & Literature

in act 2 scene 2 why does hamlet tell rosencrantz and guildenstern that "denmark's a prison"?
In English & Literature | Asked by Mrs. Yung Thugga
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how can't be a prison with his (Hamlet's) mother's "o'erhasty marriage" ? Hamlet finds his mother getting married only two months after his father's Murder at the hands of his brother, Clauduis. He thinks it's a sin marrying a blood-relative, becoming "mother-aunt". Moreover, Hamlet is facing Ophelia's rejection of his love..Sins, Murder, Rejection.

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