Shakespeare, the Bard, regularly uses double
entendres (word games),
metaphors (even extended ones) and
allusions. These are things that Shakespeare uses a great deal in
his plays.
Double entendres: Whendemands to know
where ' body is hidden,explains that he is at supper. When questioned,explains that it is not
about what Polonius eats, but what eats Polonius. This is words with double meanings. Hamlet
does this quite a bit with the innocent. Because he believes she has betrayed him and he cannot
trust her, he torments her with insults, like "Get thee to a nunnery,"...
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