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Hamlet, Part 8: Themes

Question 8 of 10 • SLAE 26-27 ENGLISH 12.1

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?

Answer
A
develop the theme “death conquers all.”
B
question the theme “revenge is destructive.”
C
introduce the theme “truth is hard to discern.”
D
contradict the theme “curiosity is dangerous.”
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