FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Now I must go to my mother. I mustn’t be overcome with murderous thoughts; I will be cruel with her, but not violent.
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Let my heart lose it’s gentle nature so that I may be ruthless with my mother.
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I must now speak with my most cruel and unnatural mother.
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If only I had a dagger, I would feel better going into this confrontation.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet tells his heart not to betray his natural feelings: that is, his sense of loyalty and love towards his mother as his flesh and blood.
Detailed explanation-2: -[Exit Hamlet.] Nero was a tyrannical Roman emperor who ruled from 54 to 68 AD. His mother, Agrippina, had Nero by her first husband, Domitius. After Domitius died, Agrippina married her paternal uncle, Claudius, the Emperor of Rome.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet Act 4 Soliloquy In a long-winded soliloquy, Hamlet begins thinking about his inability to act on his revenge while the world around him mocks his weakness. Realizing this, he decides he must change his course if he wants to avenge his father’s death and regain his mother’s honor.
Detailed explanation-4: -This is an allusion to an old proverb: “While the grass grows, the horse starves.” This is an allusion to Nero, a Roman emperor known for extreme cruelty.