Question

And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring! I tell thee, churlish priest, - what can you interpret from this? other than the reference to violets from before and the insult to the priest.

Answer 1

Any answer choices?

Answer 2

i think they're saying she'll be at peace

Answer 3

LAERTES
    What ceremony else?
LAERTES
What other rites are you going to give her?

HAMLET
That is Laertes, a very noble youth, mark.
HAMLET
That’s Laertes, a very noble young man. Listen.

LAERTES
What ceremony else?
LAERTES
What other rites are you going to give her?

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PRIEST
Her obsequies have been as far enlarged
As we have warranty. Her death was doubtful,
And, but that great command o'ersways the order,
She should in ground unsanctified have lodged
Till the last trumpet. For charitable prayers
Shards, flints and pebbles should be thrown on her.
Yet here she is allowed her virgin crants,
Her maiden strewments, and the bringing home
Of bell and burial.
PRIEST
I’ve performed as many rites as I’m permitted. Her death was suspicious, and were it not for the fact that the king gave orders to bury her here, she’d have been buried outside the church graveyard. She deserves to have rocks and stones thrown on her body. But she has had prayers read for her and is dressed up like a pure virgin, with flowers tossed on her grave and the bell tolling for her.

LAERTES
Must there no more be done?
LAERTES
Isn’t there any other rite you can perform?

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PRIEST
No more be done.
We should profane the service of the dead
To sing a requiem and such rest to her
As to peace-parted souls.
PRIEST
No, nothing. We would profane the other dead souls here if we sang the same requiem for her that we sang for them.



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LAERTES
    Lay her i' th' earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring! I tell thee, churlish priest,
A ministering angel shall my sister be
When thou liest howling.

Answer 4

like a violet is a flower therfore it would be something postive