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Hamlet, Part 8: Themes

Question 3 • SLAE 26-27 ENGLISH 12.1

Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.Gentleman: She speaks much of her father; says she hears There's tricks i' the world; and hems, and beats her heart; Spurns enviously at straws; speaks things in doubt, That carry but half sense: her speech is nothing . . .Horatio: 'Twere good she were spoken with, for she may strew Dangerous conjectures in ill-breeding minds.Gertrude: Let her come in. [Exit Gentleman.] To my sick soul, as sin's true nature is, Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss: So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.

Answer
A
by introducing her maternal kindness toward Ophelia
B
by resolving readers’ concerns about Ophelia’s madness
C
by reaching a height of conflict as Gertrude decides to punish Ophelia
D
by suggesting that Ophelia’s madness is a sign of greater troubles
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