Read the excerpt from 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? Which analysis is most justified by the excerpt?
Answer
A
Hamlet’s visit to the graveyard leads to him become obsessed with his death.
B
As the play draws to a close, Hamlet still has not conquered his fear of death.
C
At the end of the play, Hamlet literally faces death and regains a sense of hope.
D
Hamlet has abandoned his plans by this point and has reconciled himself to death.
Explanation
Hamlet’s encounter with Yorick’s skull turns his attention to death and the way it erases the life and humor he remembers. He recalls Yorick’s jokes and songs, then asks where they have gone, showing how strongly he is dwelling on mortality. The excerpt does not show him finding hope or fully accepting death, so A, that the graveyard visit leads him to focus intensely on death, is the best-supported choice.
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