FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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is labeled an adulterer
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is labeled a liar
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witnesses a suicide
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ran away to Norway
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Detailed explanation-1: -There is no evidence that Claudius and Gertrude had an adulterous relationship. It is only Claudius who has broken the Christian adultery commandment, having done so by his desire for Gertrude.
Detailed explanation-2: -56): he says that there was a “falling-off” from him to Claudius, which sure seems to imply that she was cheating on Old Hamlet while he was alive-and just maybe even plotting with Claudius.
Detailed explanation-3: -step between her and her fighting Soul’ [2493]. “Yet Hamlet’s Mother committed Adultery, and murder’d her Husband.”
Detailed explanation-4: -The Ghost cites Gertrude’s voracious lust as the cause of her swift marriage to his brother (the ‘garbage’ in this metaphor). Gertrude’s sexual relationship with Claudius defines her character for both Hamlets, and taints the audience’s perception of her as an intemperately lustful and self-indulgent individual.