Read the excerpt from Hamlet. Hamlet: Let me see.—[Takes the skull.]—Alas! poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?

Which analysis is most justified by the excerpt?

A)As the play draws to a close, Hamlet still has not conquered his fear of death.
B)Hamlet’s visit to the graveyard leads to him become obsessed with his death.
C)At the end of the play, Hamlet literally faces death and regains a sense of hope.
D)Hamlet has abandoned his plans by this point and has reconciled himself to death.

The analysis that is most justified by the excerpt is:

A) As the play draws to a close, Hamlet still has not conquered his fear of death.

Explanation:

In the famous Shakespearean play, Hamlet, prince of Denmark, is tormented by the idea of death. And, as the excerpt shows, he does not conquer his fear of death even though the play is drawing to a close. The issue is the fact that Hamlet is not sure about what happens after one dies. What if the afterlife is even worse than the life one is living now? Notice how he talks about and to the skull, how he feels sick to his stomach just by looking at it. Death still makes Hamlet uneasy. He can't help but compare the skull to what it was when its owner was alive.

answer: a

explanation:

read the following excerpt from “greece” by oscar wilde.

the sea was sapphire [colored], and the sky

burned like a heated opal through the air;

we hoisted sail; the wind was blowing fair

for the blue lands that to the eastward lie.

which words does the poet include to the reader visualize the scene?

“the sea was sapphire”

“through the air”

“was blowing fair”

“to the eastward lie”