Question

Use the following passage to answer questions 2 and 3. This is Hamlet's response to his mother when she asks why he is still wearing black clothes.
"Seems," madam? Nay, it is. I know not "seems."

'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,

Nor customary suits of solemn black,

Nor windy suspiration of forced breath,

No, nor the fruitful river in the eye,

Nor the degected 'havior of the visage,

Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief,

That can denote me truly. These indeed "seem,"

For they are actions that a man might play.

But I have that within which passeth show,

These but the trappings and the suits of woe.

According to Hamlet's response, what do we know about why he is still wearing black?


He is wearing black to protest King Claudius's new role as king.


He is wearing black because he knows that his mother disapproves.


He is wearing black because he is still in mourning over the death of his father, King Hamlet.


Which sentence from the passage (provided on the previous question) helps to prove your answer in question 2?


"Seems," madam? Nay, it is. I know not "seems."


For they are actions that a man might play.


But I have that within which passeth show,

These but the trappings and the suits of woe.


These are the lines that Hamlet speaks to Horatio when as he explains to him how he discovered the King's plans for Hamlet in England. Horatio has said, "So Guidentstern and Rosencrantz go to't."

Hamlet

"Why, man, they did make love to this employment.

They are not newr my conscience. Their defeat

Does by their own insinuation grow.

'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes

Between the pass and fell incensed points

Of mighty opposites."

What is the tone of this passage?



Horrified


Satisfied


Sad

Answer 1

Number 2 Is "He is wearing black because he is still in mourning over the death of his father, King Hamlet." others your going to have to find out or research more.