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Hamlet describes his plan to expose Claudius's guilt with which line?
AGet thee to a nunnery
BThe lady doth protest too much, methinks
CThe play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King
DFrailty, thy name is woman
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King
1. This closes Hamlet's soliloquy at the end of Act II, Scene II.
2. He devises the dumb-show + dialogue to mirror his father's murder.
3. The phrase establishes drama as a forensic tool.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1524 — Shakespeare's Hamlet — "The play's the thing / Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King"_
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