Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.Hamlet:Now might I do it pat, now he is praying; And now I’ll do ’t: and so he goes to heaven; And so am I reveng’d. That would be scann’d: A villain kills my father; and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send To heaven. Why, this is hire and salary, not revenge. He took my father grossly, full of bread, With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May; And how his audit stands who knows save heaven? But in our circumstance and course of thou
Answer
H
Hamlet wants to avenge his father’s death, but he doubts Claudius’s guilt.
H
Hamlet wants to commit murder, but he worries about his own fate.
H
Hamlet wants to kill Claudius, but he wants to be sure Claudius will suffer.
H
Hamlet wants to end Claudius’s life, but he realizes he is incapable of violence.
Explanation
Hamlet has the chance to kill Claudius while he is praying, but he holds back because he thinks Claudius might go to heaven. Hamlet wants his revenge to make Claudius suffer rather than give him a chance at salvation, so the best choice is “Hamlet wants to kill Claudius, but he wants to be sure Claudius will suffer.”
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