ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why is Hamlet so angry with his mother?
A
because she married so soon after her husband’s death
B
because she won’t let him go back to school in Wittenberg
C
because she pays more attention to Claudius than him
D
because she helped Claudius murder her husband
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He is upset because she married his late father’s brother Claudius. Hamlet thinks that remarriage in such circumstances is unacceptable. Through Hamlet’s disappointment with his mother, his anger is increased towards Claudius.

Detailed explanation-2: -Therefore, marrying Claudius was possibly the only way for Gertrude to keep the crown in the same family and give Hamlet a chance to be a king but also delay his ascension to the throne. This scheme works only with the assumption that Gertrude loves her son.

Detailed explanation-3: -He interrupts her and says that she has offended his father, meaning the dead King Hamlet, by marrying Claudius. Hamlet accosts her with an almost violent intensity and declares his intention to make her fully aware of the profundity of her sin. Fearing for her life, Gertrude cries out.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet was against the marriage both because of the sexual life and the fact that his uncle was the murderer. However, he came to realize his mother’s hardships and respected her in the end.

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