FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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She does not see the ghost and questions what Hamlet is talking to.
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She is fearful of the ghost and cowers in its presence.
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She recognizes the ghost as her late husband and weeps in shame and grief.
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She is angered by the ghost because it judges her life decisions.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Noting that Gertrude is amazed and unable to see him, the ghost asks Hamlet to intercede with her.
Detailed explanation-2: -She refuses to see the Ghost because of her own guilt. Gertrude’s black heart impedes her vision, refusing her the sight of her loving husband.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet says he knows exactly who she is: her husband’s brother’s wife, and, unfortunately, his own mother. Gertrude tries to reason with Hamlet, but cannot get through to him past the resentment he feels towards her for marrying her brother-in-law so quickly after her husband’s death.
Detailed explanation-4: -Gertrude is utterly convinced now that her son is hallucinating from a devil-inspired madness, but Hamlet tells her that it is not madness that afflicts him. He begs her to confess her guilt to him and to heaven.
Detailed explanation-5: -When the Ghost appears in Gertrude’s room, how does she react? What does the Ghost tell Hamlet? She doesn’t see the ghost and assumes Hamlet is crazy; He tells Hamlet to speak gently to his mother.