Question

Select the correct text in the passage. Hamlet wants to avenge his father's murder. However, his indecision prevents him from taking action. Which excerpt from act IV marks the turning point of Shakespeare's tragedy? Contagion to this world. Now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on. (Hamlet, act IV, scene III ) O heavens, die two months ago, and not forgotten yet? Then there's hope a great man's memory may outlive his life half a year: but, by'r lady, he must build churches then; (Hamlet, act IV, scene II ) 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 O, this is hire and salary, not revenge. (Hamlet, act IV, scene III) O, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings, who, for the most part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise. I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant; it out-herods Herod: pray you avoid it. (Hamlet, act IV, scene II)

Answer 1

Answer:

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 O, this is hire and salary, not revenge. (Hamlet, act IV, scene III)  

Explanation:

The above excerpt shows exactly the indecision and the urning point of Shakespeare's tragedy. That's because this excerpt reveals the moment when Hamlet comes across his father's killer. Hamlet wants to avenge his father's death by killing the murderer, but when he finds the murderer, he realizes that he is praying.

Although this is the perfect time for his vigil, since it would be easy to kill a man who is praying, Hamlet realizes that he would be doing the killer a favor by sending him to heaven since he was not practicing any sin. For this reason, Hamlet decides to kill him at another time, when he is sinning, so that his soul goes to hell.