Hamlet, Part 5: Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama

Question 2 of 20 • NJ-English Language Arts 12

What line from Act III of Hamlet supports the conclusion that Claudius fears his own fate?

Answer

And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.

What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother’s blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?

Bow, stubborn knees; and heart with strings of steel Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe.

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

Hamlet, Part 6: Applying Literary Criticism

Hamlet, Part 5: Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama

Hamlet, Part 5: Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama

QuizMultiple Choice

Question 2 of 20 • NJ-English Language Arts 12

Answer

And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.

What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother’s blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?

Bow, stubborn knees; and heart with strings of steel Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe.

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

Hamlet, Part 6: Applying Literary Criticism

Hamlet, Part 5: Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama

Hamlet, Part 5: Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama