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"dust, whereto 'tis kin"
Biblical Allusion
Act 4,
Scene 2
Lines 5-

A reference to the Book of Common Prayer in Act 4, Scene 2 of myshakespeare's Hamlet.

Hamlet is alluding to the burial service contained in the Book of Common Prayer: “we therefore commit this body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.”