Question
Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.
Claudius: I ha ’t:
When in your motion you are hot and dry,—
As make your bouts more violent to that end,—
And that he calls for drink, I’ll have prepar’d him
A chalice for the nonce, whereon but sipping,
If he by chance escape your venom’d stuck,
Our purpose may hold there.
By viewing this excerpt through a historical lens, the reader can conclude that Shakespeare uses the promise of violence to
keep his audience engaged.
comment on the monarchy.
remind the audience to value life.
show the need for intellectual growth.
Claudius: I ha ’t:
When in your motion you are hot and dry,—
As make your bouts more violent to that end,—
And that he calls for drink, I’ll have prepar’d him
A chalice for the nonce, whereon but sipping,
If he by chance escape your venom’d stuck,
Our purpose may hold there.
By viewing this excerpt through a historical lens, the reader can conclude that Shakespeare uses the promise of violence to
keep his audience engaged.
comment on the monarchy.
remind the audience to value life.
show the need for intellectual growth.
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comment on the monarchy.
Explanation: Claudius’s plotting to murder Hamlet by subterfuge highlights corruption, abuse of power, and political intrigue—themes that reflect Elizabethan/Jacobean anxieties about rulers and succession, so read historically it’s a critique/commentary on monarchy.
Explanation: Claudius’s plotting to murder Hamlet by subterfuge highlights corruption, abuse of power, and political intrigue—themes that reflect Elizabethan/Jacobean anxieties about rulers and succession, so read historically it’s a critique/commentary on monarchy.
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