ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Gertrude is depressed over the death of Hamlet, Sr.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -After Hamlet’s conversation with his father’s ghost in which Hamlet was told that his father was murdered by Claudius, he became filled with even more grief because he has a difficult duty of killing his uncle in order to avenge his father’s death. This is seen in the “to be or not to be” soliloquy.

Detailed explanation-2: -She dies with cries of ‘the drink! the drink! I am poisoned’ (5.2. 264), and in so doing identifies Claudius as her killer.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Hamlet, depression is chiefly seen in the title character, the prince of Denmark. Prince Hamlet has two problems. Firstly, in the wake of his father’s death, trying to figure out how to move through the grief process. He’s also depressed.

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