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Hamlet calls his father's murder 'most foul, strange, and':
AUnholy
BUntimely
CUnforgivable
DUnnatural
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Unnatural
1. The Ghost characterises his murder this way in Act I, Scene V.
2. 'Unnatural' emphasises that fratricide violates kinship + cosmic order.
3. The line is a key trigger of Hamlet's vow of revenge.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1524 — Shakespeare's Hamlet — "Murder most foul, as in the best it is; But this most foul, strange, and unnatural"_
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