Read the exchange between Hamlet and Claudius in Act IV.

Ham.

A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.

King

What dost thou mean by this?

Ham.

Nothing but to show you how a king may go a progress through the guts of a beggar.

What point does Hamlet seem to be making in this exchange?



You never know what you may be eating.


A beggar is as good of a fisherman as a king.


Death reduces everyone, even kings, to worm food.


A fish is not particular about the worms it eats.