ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -QUEEN GERTRUDE : O, what a rash and bloody deed is this! HAMLET: A bloody deed! almost as bad, good mother, As kill a king, and marry with his brother.

Detailed explanation-2: -In addition, Hamlet’s words, “almost as bad, good mother, / As kill a king, and marry with his brother, ” constitute a direct accusation that his mother participated in the murder of her husband. If this is a fact, it’s a very important fact, and a new one, because the Ghost made no such accusation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gertrude asks what Hamlet has done, and he replies, “Nay, I know not: / Is it the king?” (III. iv. 24). The queen says his action was a “rash and bloody” deed, and Hamlet replies that it was almost as rash and bloody as murdering a king and marrying his brother (III.

Detailed explanation-4: -Killing Polonius. Hamlet expects the spy to be King Claudius, when he pulls back to the curtain to reveal Polonius’ dead body he says. “Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell!” Hamlet continues by expressing disappointment in Polonius whom he had previously thought to be a better man.

Detailed explanation-5: -If Claudius goes to heaven, his punishment will be nought and Hamlet’s revenge will be incomplete. “Then trip him that his heels may kick at heaven/ And that his soul may be as damned and black/ As hell whereto he goes” ” – Hamlet soliloquy.