Multiple choice general knowledge

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child

  1. Julius Caesar

  2. Hamlet

  3. King Lear

  4. None of the above
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Explanation

'How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child' is spoken by King Lear in Act 1, Scene 4 of Shakespeare's King Lear. Lear says this after being betrayed by his daughters Goneril and Regan, expressing the pain of ingratitude from one's own children. The serpent's tooth metaphor emphasizes venomous, painful betrayal.

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