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Royal "We"
Cultural Allusion
Act 4,
Scene 7
Lines 31-

An explanation of the Royal "We" in Act 4, Scene 6 of myshakespeare's Hamlet.

Claudius occasionally refers to himself in the first person plural (the royal “we”), particularly when he makes reference to his position as king.