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What does Marcellus famously say is 'rotten in the state of Denmark'?
AMost things
BEverything
CSomething
DAll things
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Something
1. Marcellus utters this line in Act I, Scene IV after the ghost appears.
2. The exact phrasing is 'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.'
3. It suggests corruption permeating the kingdom — proleptic of Claudius's crime.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1524 — Shakespeare's Hamlet — "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"_
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