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Which of the following characters in Shakespeare's Hamlet says the following? “Something is rotten in…

Marcellus speaks these words after Hamlet follows the Ghost. His remark conveys anxiety about the disorder underlying Denmark's public life.

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Which of the following characters in Shakespeare's Hamlet says the following?
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”

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Marcellus speaks these words after Hamlet follows the Ghost. His remark conveys anxiety about the disorder underlying Denmark's public life.

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