ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is Hamlet’s meaning when he tells Ophelia to get to a “nunnery?”
A
She should become a nun.
B
She should focus on her studies.
C
She should become a prostitute.
D
Both A and C
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He goes on to insult Ophelia and tells her to go to a nunnery. He tells her that this will be the best place for her and, by being a nun, Ophelia won’t have children and produce wicked men like his uncle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Words from the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare; the advice Hamlet gives to Ophelia when he bids her live a life of celibacy.

Detailed explanation-3: –Hamlet tells Ophelia to go to a nunnery meaning to become a nun to protect herself from all men because they suck at first and then he realizes that they are being spied on so he tells her to go to a nunnery meaning a wh0re house.-Before this conversation, Ophelia and Horatio were the only people Hamlet could trust.

Detailed explanation-4: -Why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?” A nunnery means convent (used mockingly to refer to brothel). Brothel, is a house where men can visit prostitutes. So, he refers to Ophelia, who is his lover, as a prostitutes; a sinful woman.

Detailed explanation-5: -When Hamlet says to Ophelia in Act 3, Scene 1, "Get thee to a nunnery: why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?” What is he instructing her to do? Go to a convent so she will be removed from the corruption in Denmark.

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