The ogres breath smelt just like rotten food
Something that tarnishes easily is metal !
Hamlet does accept the duel however, for two reasons: firstly, it offers him an opportunity to resolve his conflict with Laertes, whose forgiveness he craves (a fencing duel with foils - blunted blades - is a courtly sport after all, and chiefly an exercise in male bonding).
Secondly, and more significantly, Hamlet is world-weary and ready to succumb to any outside agency.
Is this a question I’m not sure If it is :/
The reader can look at the surrounding words to help them find the meaning. the surrounding words are called context clues.
