Hamlet is determined to kill Claudius. So, he slips into his room and he is ready to kill him when, suddenly, he overhears Claudius praying for forgiveness for his sins. Hamlet realises that if he kills his uncle at this moment he will be forgiven for his father's murder and he will go to Heaven. So, finally, Hamlet decides not to kill him at this point but to rather wait until he's caught at a moment of sin. Then, he can ensure that Claudius will go to Hell and will be punished for his sins.
The fact that Hamlet finds his uncle praying is important because it makes Hamlet postpone his revenge. Also, at this scene, Hamlet for the first time questions himself about what really happened to his father when he says that he's not sure if his father had the chance to pray for forgiveness before he was murdered. For this reason, he doesn't want his uncle to go to Heaven while his father may be in Hell and so the climax of the play is postponed.
"Which ..." means "select your answer from a list of choices".
"The following ..." means "Here is the list".
The question can't be answered without a peek at the list.
It's right there, in the same place that you copied the question from,
either under or right next to the part that you DID copy.
Answer:
The Usher family line
Explanation:
The title of the story includes the word fall which foreshadows the ending of the Usher family line. The decrepid state of the house described in the beginning foreshadows the dissolution of the Usher family.
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