FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Hamlet will find out.
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his Queen won’t let him do it.
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he still wants to be King and to be Gertrude’s husband.
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only heaven knows the truth.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He says “the body is with the king, but the king is not with the body” (4.2. 27-28). This is a reference to a law that says the king has the right to enforce the laws, but that the laws don’t just go away when the king dies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Left alone, Claudius reveals his remorse for killing his brother, and he tries to pray. Hamlet comes upon him kneeling and draws his sword, but then stops to think that if he kills Claudius at prayer, Claudius will go to heaven.
Detailed explanation-3: -Claudius’ problem is that he has two tasks to undertake, and the two are incompatible: he wants to beg forgiveness for his crime, but he isn’t truly sorry for it (he enjoys being King, and being married to Gertrude, his brother’s widow). So he finds himself at an impasse.