ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In his “To be, or not to be” soliloquy, whatis not a reason that Hamlet gives for continuing to live?
A
We can always find something to laughabout.
B
Death is similar to sleep, and dreams can bedisturbing, so maybe death is disturbingtoo.
C
We’re scared of what comes after deathbecause it’s unknown.
D
We can’t return from death.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet says ‘To be or not to be’ because he is questioning the value of life and asking himself whether it’s worthwhile hanging in there. He is extremely depressed at this point and fed up with everything in the world around him, and he is contemplating putting an end to himself.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet delays killing Claudius because Claudius represents Hamlet’s innermost desires to sleep with his mother Gertrude. And by killing Claudius, Hamlet would be killing a part of himself.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are no soliloquies in act five, as well as no indication that Hamlet regrets or laments the eight deaths, including his own, which he has ultimately caused. The prince of Denmark has thus transferred the sincerity of his soliloquies to his actions in the remainder of the tragedy.

Detailed explanation-4: -He begins his soliloquy with the famous line “To be, or not to be?” With this line Hamlet is asking whether is it better to be alive or to be dead. In this soliloquy Hamlet contemplates suicide and discusses the trials of life.

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