Read the summary of a theme that is developed in Hamlet, particularly in the beginning of Act V of Hamlet.It’s obvious that everyone is going to die someday, so people should just get over themselves and realize we’re all the same in the end.
One theme in Hamlet is "death conquers everyone.” Which statement explains how Act V of Hamlet develops this theme?
Read the passage from Act V of Hamlet.Hamlet: ... that’s the French bet against the Danish. Why is this ‘imponed,’ as you call it?Osric: The king, sir, hath laid, that in a dozen passes between yourself and him [Laertes], he shall not exceed you three hits; he hath laid on twelve for nine, and it would come to immediate trial, if your lordship would vouchsafe the answer.Hamlet: How if I answer no?Osric: I mean, my lord, the opposition of your person in trial.
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Read the passage.When Moritz was a freshman, he joined the school’s drama club in an attempt to overcome his fear of public speaking. Over the course of the next few years, Moritz performed in every play the drama club presented. He also participated in the club’s acting classes, where he learned how to speak loudly and clearly, how to memorize lines, and how to improvise. In his senior year, Moritz landed a big speaking role, which he performed with panache.
Read the passage from Act V of Hamlet.Laertes: Must there no more be done? First Priest: No more be done: We should profane the service of the dead,To sing a requiem, and such rest to her As to peace-parted souls. Laertes: Lay her i’ the earth; And from her fair and unpolluted flesh May violets spring! I tell thee, churlish priest, A ministering angel shall my sister be, When thou liest howling.
Read the passage from Act V of Hamlet.Hamlet: To what base uses we may return, Horatio! Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping a bung-hole?Horatio: ’Twere to consider too curiously, to consider so.
Read the passage from Act V of Hamlet. Hamlet: Let me see.—[Takes the skull.]—Alas! poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?
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Which are examples of themes? Check all that apply.The story is concerned with beauty.There is beauty in simplicity.There was a lot of talk about hope.The main character spread hope.Hope exists even in dark times.
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