Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii. Hamlet : ... but tell Why thy canoniz’d bones, hearsed in death, Have burst their cerements; why the sepulchre, Wherein we saw thee quietly inurn’d, (55) Hath op’d his ponderous and marble jaws, To cast thee up again. What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel Revisit’st thus the glimpses of the moon ... Which phrases provide clues that sepulchre means "grave”? Choose three correct answers.
Answer
A
canoniz’d bones
B
hearsed in death
C
we saw thee
D
ponderous and marble jaws
E
the glimpses of the moon
Explanation
The surrounding words suggest that a sepulchre is a place where the dead are buried. “Canoniz’d bones” and “hearsed in death” refer to the dead, while “ponderous and marble jaws” describes the sepulchre opening to release the body. Together, these phrases point to a grave; “we saw thee” and “the glimpses of the moon” do not explain the word’s meaning.
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