Question 1 • $2526: sem 1: 1001410: English 4 HONORS: NEW
Read the excerpt from an analysis of Act III of Hamlet.The fight between Hamlet and Gertrude reinforces gender stereotypes, as Hamlet judges Gertrude and she accepts his criticism without attempting to justify her actions.
Answer
A
Gertrude: What wilt thou do? thou wilt not murder me? Help, help, ho!
B
Gertrude: What have I done that thou dar’st wag thy tongue In noise so rude against me?
C
Gertrude: O gentle son! Upon the heat and flame of thy distemperSprinkle cool patience. Whereon do you look?
D
Gertrude: Be thou assur’d, if words be made of breath, And breath of life, I have no life to breathe What thou hast said to me.
Explanation
Choice D shows Gertrude accepting Hamlet’s criticism without defending herself: she says his words have left her with “no life to breathe.” The other choices show her resisting or responding to the immediate confrontation: she calls for help in A, challenges Hamlet in B, and urges him to calm down in C. Thus D best supports the excerpt’s claim that Gertrude accepts his judgment.
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