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In which excerpt does Claudius tell Laertes of his plan to ensure Hamlet's death?

Good Laertes,

If you desire to know the certainty

Of your dear father's death, is't writ in your revenge,

That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe,

Winner and loser?

(Hamlet Act IV, Scene V)


Why, now you speak

Like a good child and a true gentleman.

That I am guiltless of your father's death,

And am most sensible in grief for it,

It shall as level to your judgment pierce

As day does to your eye.

(Hamlet Act IV, Scene V)


Now must your conscience my acquaintance seal,

And you must put

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When in your motion you are hot and dry--

As make your bouts more violent to that end--

And that he calls for drink, I'll have prepared him

A chalice for the nonce, whereon but sipping,

If he by chance escape your venom'd stuck,

Our purpose may hold there.

(Hamlet Act IV, Scene VII)

Answer: This is the excerpt:

Good Laertes,

If you desire to know the certainty

Of your dear father's death, is't writ in your revenge,

That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe,

Winner and loser?

Explanation: King Claudius arranges a fencing match between Hamlet and Laertes. Laertes uses his sharp, poisoned sword instead of a bated (dull) sword. The King provides a poisoned drink as a backup measure. In the excerpt, Laertes says if you want to know the certainty of you father's death that is written in your revenge alluding the plan to kill Hamlet.

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