Drama Quizzizz

Which statement best expresses Hamlet’s perspective in this soliloquy?

• Life is cruel and death is the only relief, as shown by the death of his father.

• In mythology, heroes’ paths are determined by fate or destiny.

• His mother’s betrayal is evidence that women are weaker than men.

• The power of human nature always overcomes the rules of society.

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Which phrase from the soliloquy provide the best support for the answer to Part A?

• “O, that this too too solid flesh would melt / Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!” (Lines 1-2)

• “How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,/Seem to me all the uses of this world!” (Lines 5-6)

• “'... tis an unweeded garden, / That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature / Possess it merely.” (Lines 7-9)

• “O, God! a beast, that wants discourse of reason,/Would have mourn'd longer-- married with my uncle,” (Lines 22-23)

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PART A: Which statement best describes how Hamlet’s ideas progress in his soliloquy?

• Hamlet yells at his mother for her choices, explores with his rage toward his father’s death, and ends his soliloquy by accusing his mother of sin.

• Hamlet expresses despair over life, remembers his mother and father’s relationship, and then expresses his frustration with the current state of his family.

• Hamlet describes his father’s death in detail and dwells on the quick marriage of his mother and her new husband, although he does not blame her.

• Hamlet compares himself to a hero in Greek mythology who finds himself facing an impossible task, which he later reveals to be the grief he feels for his father.

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Explain the effect that the use of figurative language has on the soliloquy’s tone. Use an example of evidence from the text.

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