- All's Well That Ends Well
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Hamlet continues to rant about Claudius and Gertrude’s marriage. Here, he complains to his close friend Horatio about how rapidly their wedding took place after his father’s death.
To do so, Hamlet uses a grotesque image of the same food being served at the funeral and the marriage. The baked meats served at his father’s funeral are allowed to chill and then be repurposed for Hamlet's father's widow and brother. This is, of course, not a literal description of what occurred with the meals at each ceremony, but rather a rhetorical way for Hamlet to stress the speed and discourtesy…