Not where he eats, but where he is eaten. A certain convocation of politic worms are e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor for diet. We fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service-two dishes, but to one table. That's the end.

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Stephanie Young

28 June, 06:48

Not where he eats, but where he is eaten. A certain convocation of politic worms are e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor for diet. We fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service-two dishes, but to one table. That's the end.

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Lexi May · Answer 1

The excerpt corresponds to the piece of art Hamlet written by the famous author William Shakespeare, Act 4, Scene 3, Lines 22-27.

Explanation:

There is a conversation between Claudius and Hamlet, when Claudius asks about the place where Polonius is, Hamlet answers he is "at supper". Then Claudius questions about the place where Polonius is eating, to which Hamlet answers "Not where he eats, but where he is eaten."

This excerpt is about the dilemma of death as Hamlet has killed Polonius. It is the first time he murders, even accidentally it is considered a murdered. The attitude that Hamlet has according to what he expresses to Claudius, and the way in which he organizes the words and the ideas when explaining about the physical facts of death in the conversation; let the reader think that he has in a certain way, a burlesque tone about the facts of life and death. Besides, according to his expressions, it is possible to think that at the end all the bodies will be the same.