Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.. . . To die: to sleep; No more; and, by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause.
Answer
H
He is distraught and unsure.
H
He is decisive and confident.
H
He is ready to move forward.
H
He is about to kill Claudius.
Explanation
Hamlet considers death as a possible escape from pain, but then hesitates because he cannot know what might happen after death. The phrase “there’s the rub” and his thought that the unknown “must give us pause” show uncertainty and inner distress. Therefore, “He is distraught and unsure” is the best choice.
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