FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
Question
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Polonius’ house-he can’t get what he wants there
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Ophelia’s heart-she won’t speak to him
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Denmark-his uncle holds his mother & the country hostage with his lies
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school-he hates taking quizzes
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Detailed explanation-1: -The young Hamlet says that, for him, Denmark is a prison and he is trapped there. He feels this way because he thinks that no one in the royal court, including his own mother, can be trusted.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why does Hamlet regard Denmark as a “prison” in Act 2, Scene 2? He feels oppressed by Claudius and Gertrude’s lofty expectations for him as the future king. He feels entrapped by his situation as the son of a murdered king who must avenge his death.
Detailed explanation-3: -Here, it becomes clear that when Hamlet says “prison, ” he’s referring to the confines of his country-Denmark. Hamlet is confined and at the mercy of the leaders of his country, including King Claudius, who he believes murdered his father and the men that the king employees, including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Detailed explanation-4: -A goodly one; in which there are many confines, wards and dungeons, Denmark being one o’ the worst. We think not so, my lord. it is a prison.