Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.Hamlet: O God, your only jig-maker. What should a man do but be merry? for, look you, how cheerfully my mother looks, and my father died within’s two hours.Ophelia: Nay, ’tis twice two months, my lord.Hamlet: So long? Nay, then, let the devil wear black, for I’ll have a suit of sables. O heavens! die two months ago, and not forgotten yet? Then there’s hope a great man’s memory may outlive his life half a year; but, by ’r lady, he must build churches then, or else shall he suffer not thinking on, with the hobby-horse, whose epitaph is, ‘For, O! for, O! the hobby-horse is forgot.’
Answer
A
by exploring human emotions
B
by referencing Biblical concepts
C
by addressing political policies
D
by praising the lives of saints
Explanation
Hamlet jokes about his mother’s quick change in mourning and how soon people forget the dead, even someone important. His remarks reveal emotions and concerns about grief, memory, and being forgotten. The excerpt does not focus on Biblical ideas, political policies, or saints’ lives, so the correct choice is “by exploring human emotions.”
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