Read the passage from Act V of 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?
Answer
A
develop the theme “death conquers all.”
B
question the theme “revenge is destructive.”
C
introduce the theme “truth is hard to discern.”
D
contradict the theme “curiosity is dangerous.”
Explanation
Hamlet remembers Yorick as a lively, funny person who once carried him on his back, but now Yorick is only a skull. His questions about where Yorick’s jokes and songs have gone emphasize that death ends even the qualities that once made someone seem full of life. This develops the theme “death conquers all.”
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