Question

Read the excerpt from Hamlet. Gertrude: O Hamlet! speak no more; Thou turn’st mine eyes into my very soul; And there I see such black and grained spots As will not leave their tinct. Hamlet: Nay, but to live In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed, Stew’d in corruption, honeying and making love Over the nasty sty,— Gertrude: O! speak to me no more; These words like daggers enter in mine ears; No more, sweet Hamlet! The excerpt supports the conclusion that Gertrude ignores what Hamlet says because she thinks he’s crazy. can’t bear listening to Hamlet because she knows he’s right. has difficulty understanding Hamlet because he’s yelling so loud. doesn’t really pay attention to Hamlet because he’s ranting.

Answer 1

Answer: B) can’t bear listening to Hamlet because she knows he’s right.

Explanation: in the given excerpt from "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, we can see a conversation between Hamlet and Gertrude in which he accuses her for her sins, and because she knows that what Hamlet is saying is true, and she feels guilty ("Thou turn’st mine eyes into my very soul; And there I see such black and grained spots") she can't bear listening to him (" O! speak to me no more; These words like daggers enter in mine ears; No more, sweet Hamlet!").

Answer 2

(b)can’t bear listening to Hamlet because she knows he’s right.