ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Although Hamlet is very angry with his mother, he does not want to
A
speak cruel words to his mother.
B
harm his mother.
C
offend his mother.
D
encourage his mother’s foul deeds.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet feels betrayed and irritated by his mother. He is upset because she married his late father’s brother Claudius. Hamlet thinks that remarriage in such circumstances is unacceptable. Through Hamlet’s disappointment with his mother, his anger is increased towards Claudius.

Detailed explanation-2: -The reader quickly learns that Hamlet is upset with his mother because she married Hamlet’s uncle instead of grieving for his father. Hamlet sees it as an act of betrayal. Throughout the book, Hamlet develops a plan of revenge for the death of his father, the king.

Detailed explanation-3: -He turns to his mother, declaring that he will wring her heart. He shows her a picture of the dead king and a picture of the current king, bitterly comments on the superiority of his father to his uncle, and asks her furiously what has driven her to marry a rotten man such as Claudius.

Detailed explanation-4: -He begs her to confess her guilt to him and to heaven. At the very least, he begs her, don’t sleep with Claudius or let him “go paddling in your neck with his damned fingers.” He asks if she knows that Claudius is sending him to England; she had forgotten.

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