ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Here she mourns the downfall of one of Denmark’s most promising young gentlemen-the “rose of the fair state.” Hamlet used to be a triple threat: he had the eye of the scholar, the tongue of the courtier, and the sword of the soldier.

Detailed explanation-2: -Note to HAMLET, 3.1. 151: ‘The courtier’s, soldier’s, scholar’s, eye, tongue, sword’

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet is a scholar and a philosopher, searching for life’s most elusive answers. He cares nothing for this “mortal coil” and the vices to which man has become slave. Gertrude is shallow, and thinks only about her body and external pleasures.

Detailed explanation-4: -SARAH: She continues by saying that he was the hope for all Denmark, as a future great leader, and that he was also quite handsome. RALPH: Her final compliment is a funny one-she says that he was the observed of all observers, meaning that everyone had their eye on him.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ophelia is Polonius’ daughter and Laertes’ sister. Hamlet has been in love with her for a while before the play starts and has given her several gifts during their courtship until her father warns her away from him and tells her not to see him anymore. During the play, he treats her very badly.