''sounds'' - faints; collapses. However, the word "sounds" is typically used to describe a whale submerging. (The word "whale" does appear in the dialogue, Scene 9.) Claudius speaks of Gertrude's collapse in terms of a whale submerging. Perhaps not the most polite way to put it. | ''sounds'' - faints; collapses. However, the word "sounds" is typically used to describe a whale submerging. (The word "whale" does appear in the dialogue, Scene 9.) Claudius speaks of Gertrude's collapse in terms of a whale submerging. Perhaps not the most polite way to put it. |