FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Hateful
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Incestuous
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Acceptable
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Mediocre
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Detailed explanation-1: -To be clear, incest typically refers to sexual relations between close blood relatives, so while Gertrude and Claudius are related, their romantic relationship does not actually constitute incest.
Detailed explanation-2: -It is not incestuous in terms of blood relations, given that Gertrude was Claudius’s sister-in-law, not his actual sister. However, Leviticus states that widows should not marry the brothers of their deceased husbands, and that appears to be the rationale that Hamlet uses to call the marriage incestuous.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gertrude and Claudius. Claudius is the brother of Old Hamlet and Hamlet’s uncle. After his brother’s death, he married Gertrude and became the King of Denmark and criticises Hamlet for being too upset over the death of his father.
Detailed explanation-4: -Claudius’s love for Gertrude may be sincere, but it also seems likely that he married her as a strategic move, to help him win the throne away from Hamlet after the death of the king.