FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Polonius seems to sue wordplay to impress the king and queen. Hamlet’s fondness for puns, on the other hand, seems to spring from natural intelligence and an enjoyment of gaining the verbal upper hand.
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He has appeared in her chamber in a disheveled state, grabbed her wrist, stared at her, and sighed ____ all without speaking.
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The short lines punctuate Hamlet’s feelings of despair and frustration. The couplet gives closure to Hamlet’s speech and shows his newfound rhythm and resolve.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The soliloquy is essentially all about life and death: “To be or not to be” means “To live or not to live” (or “To live or to die"). Hamlet discusses how painful and miserable human life is, and how death (specifically suicide) would be preferable, would it not be for the fearful uncertainty of what comes after death.
Detailed explanation-2: -From Hamlet’s first soliloquy in act I scene II, it is clear to the audience that he is not in a clear, rational, or healthy state of mind: speaking of his desire for suicide. He describes his body as “sullied”-tainted and dirty, wishing for it to “melt” or dissolve into nothingness.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: The passage that presents an example of setting in Act 2, Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet is “A room in Polonius house”. The author chose this place to depict the privacy of Polonius’ foul intentions.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet is in agony; moreover, he reviles Claudius (even before finding out that Claudius murdered his father) and is furious with his mother for marrying Claudius less than two months after Hamlet’s father’s death.