ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Finish this quote ____ “Frailty, thy name is ____ !”
A
Hamlet
B
woman
C
thine
D
mine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -’Frailty, thy name is woman’ is one of the most quoted lines from Shakespeare. It appears in Hamlet, and is taken from one of Shakespeare’s most famous soliloquys: ‘Oh that this too too solid flesh would melt. ‘ It is the first soliloquy in Hamlet, a play that is famous for its soliloquies.

Detailed explanation-2: -From Hamlet by William Shakespeare; this proverb is taken to mean that women are weaker than men.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet, the hero of Shakespeare’s masterpiece named ‘Hamlet’, utters this famous line in Act 1, Scene II. He recalls the beautiful memories of his mother and deceased father. He mourns the death of his father and changing nature of woman, referring to his mother, Gertrude, as she has married his uncle Claudius.

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