ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is NOT a theme in Hamlet thus far?
A
Jealousy
B
Privacy
C
Gender roles and stereotypes
D
Revenge
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet is jealous, his jealousy runs the entire play. He is jealous because Claudius got the throne when he should have got the throne. He is jealous of Laertes and Ophelia’s relationship.

Detailed explanation-2: -One can name them as themes but it should be remembered that all each Hamlet theme interacts and resounds with all the others. Here are brief accounts of a selection of the major Hamlet themes of revenge, corruption; religion, politics, appearance and reality, and women.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare around 1600, is a tragedy that explores themes of friendship, madness, and revenge.

Detailed explanation-4: -The soliloquy is essentially all about life and death: “To be or not to be” means “To live or not to live” (or “To live or to die"). Hamlet discusses how painful and miserable human life is, and how death (specifically suicide) would be preferable, would it not be for the fearful uncertainty of what comes after death.

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