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There for the eye to see

There's no implied meaning; it's all on the surface. Laertes asked why, if H is so dangerous, C didn't kill him himself. C replies," For 2 reasons: First, his mother loves him, and I love her too much to hurt her. Second, the people admire him, and if I tried to kill him, it would backfire and hurt me." The only possible below-the-surface thing is that C might be lying, just to con L into doing his dirty work for him.

Posted by Hamlet on April 08, 1997 at 11:14:06
 In Reply to "How is this passage significant?" posted by English Student on April 07, 1997 at 21:55:05


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