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Cultural Allusion
Cultural Allusion
Act 4,
Scene 2
Lines 26-28

An allusion to a game in Act 4, Scene 2 of myshakespeare's Hamlet.

Hamlet

the body. The king is a thing ...

Guildenstern   

A thing, my lord?

Hamlet

Of nothing. Bring me to him. Hide fox, and all after!
[Exit.]

Hamlet is alluding to the children's game of Fox and Hounds.