FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Claudius is a strong, dependable king
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Claudius is a loving man
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Claudius is a drunk and unreliable
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Again Hamlet reveals his preoccupation with the disparity between appearance and reality. Claudius appears to be a powerful man, yet harbors a decided weakness for wine and revelry. Thus, says Hamlet, Claudius makes all Danes seem drunkards to their critics and attracts disrespect from both allies and enemies.
Detailed explanation-2: -The morning after Horatio and the guardsmen see the ghost, King Claudius gives a speech to his courtiers, explaining his recent marriage to Gertrude, his brother’s widow and the mother of Prince Hamlet.
Detailed explanation-3: -In his first line, Hamlet alludes to and plays on the Elizabethan proverb, “The nearer in kin, the less in kindness, ” which means our closest relatives often treat us the worst. In this line, he suggests that now Claudius is his kin twice over-first his uncle, and now his stepfather.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet says that Claudius’ drinking and partying is evidence of serious flaw, and that “the dram of evil doth all the noble substance often doubt to his own scandal, ” meaning that it only takes a bit of evil to corrupt everything.