FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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She has taken her own life
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The queen wouldn’t allow it
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She was unwed
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The funeral was too rushed
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Detailed explanation-1: -The priest refuses, saying that, because she committed suicide, he must deny Ophelia the requiem mass and other trappings of a Christian burial, even though Ophelia will be buried on sacred ground.
Detailed explanation-2: -What is the priest’s attitude about giving Christian burial rites to Ophelia? What is Laertes’ response to the priest? The priest refuses to give Ophelia more; Laertes’ grief is also full of anger. He believes that Ophelia is more virtuous than most and deserves a better ceremony.
Detailed explanation-3: -As Ophelia is laid in the earth, Hamlet realizes it is she who has died. At the same moment, Laertes becomes infuriated with the priest, who says that to give Ophelia a proper Christian burial would profane the dead. Laertes leaps into Ophelia’s grave to hold her once again in his arms.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why does Laertes curse the priest at Ophelia’s funeral? He is upset that his sister is not receiving a full and proper Christian burial.
Detailed explanation-5: -Ophelia kills herself because the fate of Denmark is placed on her shoulders when she is asked to more or less spy on Hamlet, her father has been murdered (by her former lover no less), from the confusion created by her father and brother with regard to the meaning of love, and her suicide is even an act of revenge.