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 queen has just
Answer Details
Based on the given extract, the queen has died. The lines describe the moment when the queen is dying after being struck by the poisoned sword. The speaker is expressing his grief and remorse at the situation, acknowledging that there is no hope for her survival and that the treacherous instrument, the poisoned sword, is also responsible for his own impending death. Therefore, the correct option is "died".

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