V. Reading Comprehension  
(A) Puns are a great way to add humor to your story telling. For some people,
Shakespeare is the perfect example of this. He loved to use puns and added many to his
plays for his audiences to try to work out. Of course, some of Shakespeare’s characters
use puns more than others, and this makes them appear clever. It also provides a different
way for both the characters and Shakespeare to describe the world around them.
    Hamlet is often thought to be Shakespeare’s smartest character, and so Shakespeare
gave him the most puns. Hamlet uses puns not only to explain serious matters in a silly
way, but also sometimes just to annoy people. Here’s one example of a Hamlet pun. After
Hamlet kills Polonius and hides his body, the king asks him where Polonius is. Hamlet
replies by saying he’s at dinner—“not where he eats, but where he is eaten.” What he
means is that Polonius is the dinner and is being eaten by the worms.
    In another scene, Hamlet is in a yard where there is a man digging a grave. He asks
the man whose grave he’s digging. The man, standing in the grave, says, “Mine, sir.”
Hamlet finds this funny and replies, “I think it is yours indeed, since you’re the one in it.”
This shows how Hamlet loves to use puns, even in a place that is supposed to be serious.
【題組】51.According to the passage, which character uses puns a lot?
(A) Polonius.
(B) Hamlet.
(C) The man who’s digging.
(D) The king.