excerpt from Act I, Scene 1, in Hamlet by William Shakespeare
In this excerpt, three soldiers discuss their sighting of the dead king's ghost.
Horatio
Stay! speak, speak! I charge thee, speak!
[Exit Ghost.]
Marcellus
'Tis gone, and will not answer.
Bernardo
How now, Horatio! You tremble and look pale:
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Horatio
Before my God, I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
What is the most likely meaning of the word avouch in this scene?
Atruth
Bstory
Cright
Dquestion
In this excerpt, three soldiers discuss their sighting of the dead king's ghost.
Horatio
Stay! speak, speak! I charge thee, speak!
[Exit Ghost.]
Marcellus
'Tis gone, and will not answer.
Bernardo
How now, Horatio! You tremble and look pale:
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Horatio
Before my God, I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
What is the most likely meaning of the word avouch in this scene?
Atruth
Bstory
Cright
Dquestion