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The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son, Hamlet, to avenge his death.

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Act V

Hamlet
That is Laertes,
A very noble youth: mark.
Laertes
What ceremony else?
First Priest
And, but that great command o’ersways the order,
She should in ground unsanctified have lodged
Till the last trumpet; for charitable prayers,
Shards, flints and pebbles should be thrown on her:
Yet here she is allow’d her virgin crants,
Her maiden strewments and the bringing home
Of bell and burial.
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