ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What advice is Gertrude giving to Hamlet when she says, “Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted color off, / And let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark. / Do not forever with thy vailèd lids / Seek for thy noble father in the dust. / Thou know’st ‘tis common. All that lives must die, / Passing through nature to eternity” (I.ii.70-75)?
A
That he adopt Claudius as his new father
B
That he turn his eyes to religion
C
That he stop mourning, as death is natural
D
That he get more involved in the running of Denmark
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off/ and let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark./ Do not forever with thy veiled lids/ seek for thy noble father in the dust.” Gertrude wants hamlet to get over his fathers death and start to accept Claudius as the new king of Denmark, and as his new father.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gertrude Lines 68-73 Gertrude tells Hamlet that he should no longer wear black mourning clothes and that he should look happier. She tells him he should not keep his eye downward as if he were looking for his father in the dirt. She reminds him that all people must die.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gertrude. what does “good hamlet, cast thy nighted color off, and let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark. Do not forever with thy vailed lids seek for thy noble father in the dust.” mean. that they’re wearing black which is causing Hamlet to mourn. That he should just get over it.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gertrude and Claudius encourage him to cease grieving and to get on with life. Gertrude asks Hamlet why he seems so particularly affected by his father’s death, and Hamlet snaps at her that, unlike his mother and her husband, he has no pretenses.

Detailed explanation-5: -QUEEN GERTRUDE Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off, And let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark. Do not for ever with thy vailed* lids *downcast 70 Seek for thy noble father in the dust: Thou know’st ‘tis common*; all that lives must die, *general, universal Passing through nature to eternity.

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