ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet is angry that his mother has stooped so low as to marry her husband’s brother, and furious at the idea of being called Claudius’s son. He has no proof, at this point, of any violence or foul play-he has only his disgust for what he perceives as madness and disorder within his own family.

Detailed explanation-2: -Anguished, he laments his father’s death and his mother’s hasty marriage to his uncle. He remembers how deeply in love his parents seemed, and he curses the thought that now, not yet two month after his father’s death, his mother has married his father’s far inferior brother.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet is as upset about his mother’s remarriage as he is about his father’s death. His mother’s willingness to marry Claudius undercuts Hamlet’s view that his mother and father loved each other deeply.

Detailed explanation-4: -A summary of the conflict in act 1, scene 2, is that King Claudius plans to marry Hamlet’s mother. He recently widowed her by murdering her husband and Hamlet’s father. The critical conflict centers around the hostile relationship between the main characters and Claudius.

Detailed explanation-5: -The mood is dark, creepy, and sinister. Shakespeare establishes this mood by setting the opening scene of this tragic play just after midnight. There are three scared watchmen and a skeptical friend of Hamlet’s out on the watch, participating in a ghost-hunt.