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QuizMultiple Choice

Hamlet, Part 5: Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama

Question 6 • CARE_24_25_TX-English IV A

Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.Claudius:Have you heard the argument? Is there no offence in ’t?Hamlet:No, no, they do but jest, poison in jest; no offence i’ the world.Claudius:What do you call the play?Hamlet:The Mouse-trap. Marry, how? Tropically. This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna: Gonzago is the duke’s name; his wife, Baptista. You shall see anon; ’tis a knavish piece of work: but what of that? your majesty and we that have free souls, it touches us not: let the galle

Answer
h
he is unable to explain the play.
h
his actions symbolize cruelty.
h
he conceals his true motivation.
h
his play provides a spiritual lesson.
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