ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the soliloquy, “To be or not to be ____ “, Hamlet philosophizes on the nature of:
A
love & marriage
B
poverty & wealth
C
life & death
D
revenge & acceptance
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet is reflective and depicts the way he views his own position; he tells of his father’s death and then his mother’s quick remarriage. He says, “It is not, nor it cannot come to good” (I, ii, 163), when referring to the marriage of his mother.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Hamlet Soliloquy Essay This soliloquy serves to bare Hamlet’s true melancholic nature and the purpose for his despondency. He discloses his feelings in an outpour of anger, grief, disgust and sorrow towards Claudius, his late father, the union of his uncle and mother and most prevalent, the state of his life.

Detailed explanation-4: -In his work, ‘Hamlet’, Shakespeare’s title character is shown to speak in seven soliloquies. Each soliloquy advances the plot, reveals Hamlet’s inner thoughts to the audience and helps to create an atmosphere in the play.

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