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Which character utters 'The lady protests too much, methinks'?
AOphelia
BGertrude
CHamlet
DHoratio
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Gertrude
1. The line occurs in Act III, Scene II during the Mousetrap play.
2. Gertrude comments on the Player Queen's emphatic vows of fidelity.
3. Dramatically, it foreshadows her own moral position.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1524 — Shakespeare's Hamlet — "The lady protests too much, methinks"_
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