Based on what you have learned about climax as a stage of plot, why may Claudius’ death be viewed as the climax?
a. It is a turning point in the conflict between Hamlet and Claudius.
b. It reveals that Laertes was the one who murdered Hamlet’s father.
c. It leads to the defeat of Norway and the Norwegian forces.
d. It is at this point that Hamlet realizes his actions killed his own father.
As an allegorical character, the ghost in Hamlet may represent all of the following EXCEPT
a. Hamlet’s obsession with his father’s death.
b. the crime of murder, which cannot be kept secret.
c. Gertrude’s love for her adopted son Laertes.
d. the indecisions with which Hamlet struggles.
In Hamlet, the mention of King Priam and the Trojan War, as well as the comparison of Denmark to the Garden of Eden in the Bible, are
a. soliloquies.
b. stage directions. c. asides.
d. allusions.
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