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Question 6 • English Language Arts 12

Read the passage from Hamlet, Act III, Scene iv. Gertrude: What wilt thou do? thou wilt not murder me? Help, help, ho! Polonius: [Behind.] What, ho! help! help! help! Hamlet: [Draws.] How now! a rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead! [Makes a pass through the arras.] Polonius: [Behind.] O! I am slain. Gertrude: O me! what hast thou done? Hamlet: Nay, I know not: is it the king? Gertrude: O! what a rash and bloody deed is this! Which element of tragedy does Shakespeare most develop in this passage?

Answer
A
suspense in the plot
B
conflict among characters
C
hero overcoming tragedy
D
unhappy ending for the main character
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