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A great question! The story of Hamlet derives from legends set in the ninth or tenth century. At that time Denmark had conquered much of England, and had forced it to pay a kind of protection money called "tribute", which meant that as long as the English paid, the Danes would not sail across the North Sea and ravish their country. There is reference to this in Claudius's line to Polonius: "He shall with speed to England for the demand of our neglected tribute." (3,1) The English of the time were a cowardly lot, who were prepared to grovel before the militarily superior Danes at the slightest opportunity. (Historically, apart from the reign of Alfred the Great, the English got regularly thumped by the Danes for a period of over 200 years from 800 to 1016). It therefore makes sense that if the King of Denmark sent word to England to kill someone, the English would eagerly reply, "And how quickly would you like that done?"
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The asker of this question was eager to get an anwswer. She was eager to begin her new job. They were eager for the arrival of their new baby.
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