Read the following excerpt from "the gift of the magi" and answer the question.
a furnished flat at $8 per week. it did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout
for the mendicancy squad. in the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric
button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring.
what is the meaning of the word coax as it is used in the passage?
force
persuade
expect
repair
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answer :

in act 3, scene 3 of hamlet, claudius, in his prayer, says that he "cannot" be forgiven for his "foul murder" because he cannot give up the things for which he murdered.

the queen does not feature in the list of things that claudius cannot give up. claudius married gertrude only to use her as a means to achieve his goals. he never loved her or cared about her. she is of no value to him anymore. claudius only wished for the throne, the wealth, and the power and murdering hamlet's father allowed him to have a right over all these things.