Hamlet, Part 5: Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama — Quiz
Question 9 • English Language Arts 12
What excerpt from Act III of Hamlet supports the conclusion that Hamlet is critical of women?
Answer
A
Hamlet: Is this a prologue, or the posy of a ring? Ophelia: ’Tis brief, my lord. Hamlet: As woman’s love.
B
Hamlet: Madam, how like you this play? Gertrude: The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
C
Ophelia: What means this, my lord? Hamlet: Marry, this is miching mallecho; it means mischief. Ophelia: Belike this show imports the argument of the play.
D
Ophelia: The king rises. Hamlet: What! frighted with false fire? Gertrude: How fares my lord? Polonius: Give o’er the play.