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read the passage from hamlet, act i, scene iii.
hamlet: ... but tell
why thy canonizd bones, hearsed in death,
have burst their cerements; why the sepulchre,
wherein we saw thee quietly inurnd,
hath opd his ponderous and marble jaws,
to cast thee up again. what may this mean,
that thou, dead corse, again in complete steel
revisitst thus the glimpses of the moon ...
which phrases provide clues that sepulchre means \grave\? choose three answers.
□ canonizd bones
□ hearsed in death
□ we saw thee
□ ponderous and marble jaws
□ the glimpses of the moon
- "canoniz'd bones" implies bones of a deceased person, which are typically in a grave.
- "hearsed in death" suggests being prepared for death, often associated with burial in a grave.
- "ponderous and marble jaws" can be seen as a description of a grave's structure (like a tomb with marble).
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