FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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before the war against old Fortinbras.
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after the ghost appeared.
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less than 2 months before her husband’s death.
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less than 2 months after her husband’s death.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gertrude is Hamlet’s mother and Queen of Denmark. She was married to the murdered King Hamlet (represented by the Ghost in the play) and has subsequently wed Claudius, his brother.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gertrude marries Claudius two months after the death of her husband. Hamlet believes that is too short for mourning and his famous charge forms in this context: “Frailty, thy name is woman.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Gertrude’s actions have a political effect on the line of succession to the throne. Gertrude could have married Claudius to prevent Hamlet from ascending to the throne immediately, while still giving him a chance to be a king after Claudius’s death.
Detailed explanation-4: -The rest of the soliloquy is about what is agonizing to him: his mother’s marriage. She married less than two months after the death of Old Hamlet.