FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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He is depressed and confused
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He is interested and determined
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He is upset and angry
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He is skeptical and bored.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is Hamlet’s reaction to the news that his father’s ghost has appeared? “He waxes desperate with imagination.”-Why are Hamlet’s friends fearful of his reaction to the sight of the ghost? Who tells Ophelia that Hamlet’s love is fleeting? What does Polonius ask his daughter about her relationship with Hamlet?
Detailed explanation-2: -The ghost tells Hamlet that he is, in fact, the ghost of his dead father. And there’s more: the ghost claims that Claudius killed him, taking his throne and his wife in the process. He wants Hamlet to kill Claudius in revenge. Shocked, Hamlet agrees and vows to avenge his father’s death.
Detailed explanation-3: -He accuses Gertrude of lustfulness, and she begs him to leave her alone. King Hamlet’s Ghost reappears to Hamlet, but only Hamlet can see him. Hamlet believes that the Ghost has come to chide his tardy son into carrying out the “dread command, ” but Hamlet then perceives the Ghost as his mother’s protector.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet is quick to believe the Ghost because the spirit’s words confirm his worst fear: Claudius murdered King Hamlet. For the Elizabethan/Jacobean audience who attended the first performances of Hamlet, murder of a king was in itself cause for alarm.
Detailed explanation-5: -He fears that the ghost is an evil spirit and questions the veracity of his story. He fears that the ghost is a hallucination brought on by anxiety and grief. He feels pity for the ghost and believes his sad tale wholeheartedly. He feels confused about what the ghost desires from him.