ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Hamlet berates himself for overthinking and says that:
A
thinking thoughts are one part wisdom and three parts cowardice
B
thinking thoughts are one part cowardice and three parts wisdom
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In Act III, scene iii, Hamlet finally seems ready to put his desire for revenge into action. He is satisfied that the play has proven his uncle’s guilt. When Claudius prays, the audience is given real certainty that Claudius murdered his brother: a full, spontaneous confession, even though nobody else hears it.

Detailed explanation-2: -The tale parallels what Hamlet would like to do himself and feels he should do-kill Claudius for murdering his father. Hamlet dwells on this idea throughout the play, though he keeps hesitating and can’t bring himself to commit the act until the end.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet is in a state of shock and grief as he has discovered that his father has been murdered by his uncle. Throughout this soliloquy, which happens at the start of Act 3 Scene 1, he thinks about whether he should face life’s hardships head on or end them by dying.

Detailed explanation-4: -This soliloquy represents Hamlet’s last flirtation with words. From here on, he will shed his attachment to the words that cause a deed’s “currents to turn awry and lose the name of action."

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