Question 9 • *HSA 26-27 English IV A -IC
In Act I, Scene ii, Shakespeare establishes the central conflict: Hamlet is grieving his father’s death and resents his mother’s quick marriage to Claudius, who now rules Denmark. Hamlet’s tension with Claudius and his distress set up the struggle that drives the play. The scene does not resolve the mystery of the ghost or suggest a happy ending.
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