Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.Hamlet:Up, sword, and know thou a more horrid hent;When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage, Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed, At gaming, swearing, or about some act That has no relish of salvation in ’t; Then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven, And that his soul may be as damn’d and black As hell, whereto it goes. My mother stays: This physic but prolongs thy sickly days.
Answer
p
plans to kill his mother.
d
disapproves of immoral acts.
q
questions Claudius’s religious beliefs.
h
hopes to maximize Claudius’s suffering.
Explanation
Hamlet decides not to kill Claudius while he is praying, because that might send Claudius’s soul to heaven. Instead, he plans to wait until Claudius is committing a sinful act, so his soul will be damned. This shows Hamlet hopes to maximize Claudius’s suffering, not that he plans to kill his mother or merely criticizes immoral acts.
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