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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2010 (Objective)

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet

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Your leave and favour to return to France;
From whence though willingly I came to Denmark,
To show my duty in your coronation.
Yet now, I must confess, that duty done.
My thoughts and wishes bend again toward France
And bow them to your gracious leave and pardon.
(Act 1, Scene two, Lines 51 -57)

The speaker intends to return to
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The speaker in the extract intends to return to France. This is evident from the line "Yet now, I must confess, that duty done. My thoughts and wishes bend again toward France". The speaker had come to Denmark willingly to show his duty in the coronation but now wishes to return to France, seeking the king's gracious leave and pardon.
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