WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet Read the extract and answer the question It is here,......thou art slain; No medicine in the world can do thee good, In thee the...

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2008 (Objective) Subject: Literature In English

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet

Read the extract and answer the question

It is here,......thou art slain;
No medicine in the world can do thee good,
In thee there is not half an hour of life;
The treacherous instrument is in thy hand,
Unbated and envenom d: the foul practice
Hath turn'd itself on me; lo; here I lie,
(Act 5, Scene Two, Lines 298-303)

The character being addressed is
Answer Details
The character being addressed in the given extract is Hamlet. The lines are spoken by Laertes in Act 5, Scene 2 of William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet". Laertes is referring to the poisoned sword wound he inflicted on Hamlet during their fencing match, and he realizes that he too has been struck by the same sword.

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