FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Father’s love toward family
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Her relationship with Hamlet
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Her love for her family
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ophelia’s song is not an expression of one event or one feeling – it is the verbalization of grief over Polonius and Hamlet and a scrutiny of Gertrude’s portrayal of love. In it, Ophelia laments about patriarchal society and the way she had been controlled and used.
Detailed explanation-2: -It seems that Ophelia and Hamlet have had a seemingly private love affair, but one not physcially. Hamlet has seen sure in his love to Ophelia but not obvious in his intentions to the public, which Ophelia is public and sure in her lasting love for him.
Detailed explanation-3: -Polonius asks Ophelia what her relationship with Hamlet is, whether the young man has made advances to her. She answers that Hamlet has told her he loves her and that she believes him.
Detailed explanation-4: -Significance: The song pertains to the superstition that if two unmarried people meet on Saint Valentine’s Day morning, they would most likely marry. In this scene, she was singing about unrequited love which indicted a lover who has left his lover’s bed.