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Classical Stuff You Should Know

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The Problem of a Cedia in Hamlet

"I'm a poet in senior English and I'm becoming convinced that a cedia and the problem of a cedia is a really big topic in Hamlet," she says. "Do they know something about life that I don't? Like, are they willing to die because they've settled their hearts on this being a noble purpose and I've just never figured it out?" She continues: "So my point is like, Thoreau says- The army has a cedia in that case."

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