ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Hamlet is upset for two reasons. What are they?
A
His mother has been ignoring him and his uncle is annoying
B
His father died and his uncle declared war on Fortinbras.
C
His father died and his uncle married his mother soon after his father’s death.
D
He misses university life and isn’t allowed to return
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet is upset because his father died. 2. Hamlet is also upset because his mother married his Uncle very quickly after his father’s death.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet feels betrayed and irritated by his mother. He is upset because she married his late father’s brother Claudius. Hamlet thinks that remarriage in such circumstances is unacceptable. Through Hamlet’s disappointment with his mother, his anger is increased towards Claudius.

Detailed explanation-3: -When Hamlet encounters his Father death, he becomes obsessed with death itself. He begins to wonder if suicide is the answer to end his suffering. In the play, hamlet says “O, that this too sullied flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew”(I. ii.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gertrude Lines 68-73 Gertrude tells Hamlet that he should no longer wear black mourning clothes and that he should look happier. She tells him he should not keep his eye downward as if he were looking for his father in the dirt. She reminds him that all people must die.

Detailed explanation-5: -In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Gertrude is Hamlet’s mother and Queen of Denmark. Her relationship with Hamlet is somewhat turbulent, since he resents her marrying her husband’s brother Claudius after he murdered the king (young Hamlet’s father, King Hamlet).

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